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Here is a post from a long time ago....when one of his buddies was struggling (BTW....he still struggles....big time) with the barrel action....
To get a feel for it you need to understand that some tip and some don't and then some tip and launch from the tip (Manny, Albert) and some float it first (Bonds, Vlady).
Torquing the handle 'all in' is a go move, yet it can be checked up until the hip grabs in a 'launch from the tip' guy.....but not as checkable if at all in a floater....because the floater goes all in later.
Albert launches his barrel rearward in that check swing clip.....he isn't floating it. But he could still check it because he didn't release it to his hip.
I think the best way to understand this is that the first 2 frames of a 5 frame swing, in a 'launch from the tip' swing, is rearward, and it is BOTH launch and stretch because of it's direction.
If I were doing a frame count on Albert I would say he's 4 to 5 frames from contact because the first 2 are aggressive rearward launched like frames....yet checkable.
If I were doing a frame count on Bonds, I would say he's 3 frames from contact because he floats through the stretching process.
Maybe a way to think of it is Manny and Albert stretch very quickly....and the floaters take more time to stretch.
Torquing the handle 'all in' is a go move, yet it can be checked up until the hip grabs in a 'launch from the tip' guy.....but not as checkable if at all in a floater....because the floater goes all in later.
Albert launches his barrel rearward in that check swing clip.....he isn't floating it. But he could still check it because he didn't release it to his hip.
I think the best way to understand this is that the first 2 frames of a 5 frame swing, in a 'launch from the tip' swing, is rearward, and it is BOTH launch and stretch because of it's direction.
If I were doing a frame count on Albert I would say he's 4 to 5 frames from contact because the first 2 are aggressive rearward launched like frames....yet checkable.
If I were doing a frame count on Bonds, I would say he's 3 frames from contact because he floats through the stretching process.
Maybe a way to think of it is Manny and Albert stretch very quickly....and the floaters take more time to stretch.
While they feel different.....I wouldn't say one is easier than the other.
I think the issue....the reason why some float and some don't.....is timing......and what timing mechanism their body uses best.
Some hitters like to stand there and explode.
Some like more time over which to develop a rhythm to get to the launch position.
My experience tells me it is VERY important to learn the Manny/Pujols/McGwire aggressive, 'all in', handle torque. It is critcial to developing a hand pivot point.
Once a hitter learns a hand pivot point it is much easier for him to float (for timing reasons)....and KEEP a hand pivot point....and NOT get army.
Until they feel a good quality hand pivot point....it is way too easy for kids to become army.
I think the issue....the reason why some float and some don't.....is timing......and what timing mechanism their body uses best.
Some hitters like to stand there and explode.
Some like more time over which to develop a rhythm to get to the launch position.
My experience tells me it is VERY important to learn the Manny/Pujols/McGwire aggressive, 'all in', handle torque. It is critcial to developing a hand pivot point.
Once a hitter learns a hand pivot point it is much easier for him to float (for timing reasons)....and KEEP a hand pivot point....and NOT get army.
Until they feel a good quality hand pivot point....it is way too easy for kids to become army.
Are you even smart enough to recognize it?
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Why would you coil?
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This is another great example of not having the prerequisite knowledge to understand what they read or hear.
I've said for many years, that hitting forums expose human failings more than they teach hitting. They show EXACTLY what posters want....and what they are really about.
When all you have to do is copy and paste....to get extremely important information about hitting that will enlighten him.....and Noon won't do it....the truth is exposed.
That is solid PROOF.....that hitting instruction falls second in line to protecting his ego....second in line to avoiding damaging exposure....second in line to lying through strawman arguments.
Someone with a goal....a have to have goal....a goal that consumes you.....would copy and paste....and apologize....so that the information is given.
When you get to the point that swinging in the high level pattern is a must.....that you or your son/daughter MUST HAVE the best information....that you or your son/daughter will do whatever it takes to be the best they can be.....then you do what it takes. When that goal consumes you.....when you will settle for nothing less....you will not let anything stand in your way. You will get the information. You will put in the work. And then you will have the success.
But when you're a toe dipper....timid....not sure what the real goal is....you'll let anything be the reason you fail. Because you don't know the definition of commitment. Success scares you. Attempting and failing scares you. You will put up any road block that seems reasonable....so in the end....you can say "it just wasn't meant to be". Or....you can say we didn't have the time....or the information. You are looking for a crutch.....an excuse.....to why you didn't get there....instead of the information that will get you there.
Your backbone is milk toast.
Internet hitting forums are social clubs. Made up of followers not leaders. They are made up of excuse giving do nothing wannabes.
Is there any better proof of that than the fact they will not show their own work?
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The truth is the truth. If it hurts, wear it.