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Thursday, February 18, 2010

The swing links of previous post.

Chuck. I wanted to make sure the swing links worked so I am starting a new post to see if that works better.

http://www.builder.hittingillustrated.com/Pro/Pujolsswivela.gif

http://www.builder.hittingillustrated.com/Pro/Pujolsswivel.gif

Notice how early Pujols gets the barrel on ball plane.

http://www.builder.hittingillustrated.com/Pro/KenGriffeyside.gif

Notice in Griffey how he doesn't take his hands back. He rides his rear leg longer than most and he keeps his hands back. That gives the look of a lead arm barr. However it is not.

Lead arm barr would be defined by PUSHING the hands back with force applied in the lead arm. As you can see Griffey has not applied that force in his swing. The way to check for this is to watch the banner behind Griffeys hands.

2 comments:

  1. Jeff,

    Nice work...the links look visually great and they all work. We both know hard work does eventually payoff :-) Chuck

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  2. Jeff,

    The banner in the background in the Griffey video really puts it into perspective in terms of a hand push back..there is none..it is an illusion.

    My guess is that being solid on tape mechanically today is a HUGE part of the game for you in terms of whether or not a player advances to a higher level. I would think it would also minimize your risks as well?

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