With Standard Swinging... the Right Arm does not straighten as a result of actively firing that Barrel, but it does straighten due to the action of the forces of the Swing. The book indicates that normally all strokes go to Both-Arms-Straight.
Have any of you run into Swingers whose Right Arm never gets to the Straight Position(Both-Arms-Straight), but remains Bent? Since with Swinging, the Right Arm is usually passive, what have you found works well to correct this, or what have you found to be the cause of this?
Last edited by lagster : 07-25-2007 at 05:34 PM.
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Well i'll be interested in the responses to this thread, as i seem to be one of the swingers Lagster's talking about. I had a lesson with an AI last week and seem to have this exact problem and it was causing unwanted fades.
I was told that if it didn't happen naturally i should do it consciously. I was also given a drill to swing with my right hand only with a bungee cord attached to the location the ball would be.
Being passive doesn’t imply it isn’t employed. The right arm always- ALWAYS- is straightening. From address to finish, all the right arm wants to do is become straight. The Left arm prevents that on the Take-away (Checkrein Action) but nothing prevents that on the Down Stroke. It isn’t the power source number one accumulator a hitter uses but it is the motion number one accumulator a Swinger uses to stay On Plane.
When is it straight? Just PAST Low Point. At Impact the right arm is still bent. So some might feel it not ever straight. It isn’t at the ‘moment of truth.’
A ‘true’ Swinger that relies solely on CF should have no problem with the power generated by the Throw-out to straighten the right arm.
Have any of you run into Swingers whose Right Arm never gets to the Straight Position(Both-Arms-Straight), but remains Bent? Since with Swinging, the Right Arm is usually passive, what have you found works well to correct this, or what have you found to be the cause of this?
This is not something I usually see. In fact, it is usually the opposite.
Over-active right bicep muscle, not Releasing the Fourth Power Accumulator sufficiently, Off-Plane, fear of hurting the right elbow are places to begin...Is the player even capable of physicaly straightening it ?
Per 7-1, For the Swinger, CF Uncocks both the Left Wrist and Right Elbow; 7-19 and 7-20. So both must remain Passive, but never Whippy.
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