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    PVC feels

    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxF0F6Le23g
    I was trying my best to maintain held scap here with the long stick (yes it’s not a PVC pipe, I know). I like the command drill better here then I do with a real bat in my hand. Not sure why? If anyone has some ideas feel free to run them by me. No wrong answers cause I’m not even sure where the difference occurs. Also I feel like my shoulders may be a little steep down before the swing? Just something I noticed.
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    Snap quicker. Get in the forearms out of the shoulders. Create a burst.
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      Thanks for the feedback. I’ll take some swings tonight with the focus on resisting shoulder movement and get forearms turning the barrel quicker behind me and post them here
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        https://youtu.be/RKUg-w5ms-0
        Command drill here with focus on using more forearms early and turn barrel deeper behind me and resisting shoulders. Better burst?
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          https://youtu.be/_Rkfwboi_KI
          Lot of snap stops trying to attack oppo and feel work today leads to this off tee. Trying to kill arms and upper body except forearms and held scap
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            Originally posted by alex_carignan View Post
            https://youtu.be/_Rkfwboi_KI
            Lot of snap stops trying to attack oppo and feel work today leads to this off tee. Trying to kill arms and upper body except forearms and held scap
            Hi Alex!!

            Swings look great. The things that truly helps with my kids is maintaining the stretch that we worked to create, keeping the hands high, and the swinging to plant the lead foot. Getting the true feeling of the swing launching from the top down. Launching instantaneously! All In!!!
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              I’ll get some swings tomorrow morning working on that feel. Thanks for the feedback!
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              • #8
                May surprise you, but I see no forearm action. There is no rearward snap.
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                  https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K1WiQ9...ature=youtu.be
                  Definitely surprising. Maybe here you will see it. I’ll keep working. First one almost took me out. Haha. This machine was throwing two seams, change ups and cutter. Still barreled up about 40% I would say.
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                    https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=...&v=ScY2mXhWcDY
                    Here’s command drill. I see barrel blurring early but maybe it’s eyewash. Is it a result of my shoulders spinning still? I’ll lock in and really try to work on forearms snapping rearward. It seems like when I focus on that I get disconnected and really start getting too wristy and hitting top spin ground balls to left. Any advice on what I can do to prevent that? I’m currently making one of those PVC pipes with the weight on it to work on the snaps. I suppose that would be good to work with for awhile.
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                    • #11
                      The two clips above are from this morning before I saw teach’s post btw. I will get more tomorrow with more of a focus on what he’s talking about
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                      • #12
                        Snap stop with the pvc?
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                          https://youtu.be/q5dHBiRKrjY
                          Here’s snap stops. More swings coming later. I did feel work for about an hour today with this pipe before I took any swings. Still can’t see improvement in forearm action. :/ not sure what else to do
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                            https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JFLfaB...ature=youtu.be
                            Command drill from later today
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                              https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uD1mmOBT_qg
                              SnF... also if anyone has a better way of posting videos please feel free to give advice. I do most of this off my phone and can only post one vid at a time. I don’t mind doing it that way but makes thread kind of long haha. Feeling new things but still feel pushy looking at video. I 100% feel like I’m turning it as rearward as possible but maybe there’s some improvement here. Marathon not a sprint but I treat everyday with urgency and want to figure things out ASAP.
                              Last edited by alex_carignan; 05-16-2018, 02:44 PM.
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