Playing Flip instead of Pepper before a
game or during practice has about as much value as a sack of
salt...especially for hitters. Pepper gives you repeated opportunities to
work on tracking, the upper body muscle memory, and the bio-mechanics of a
grooved swing. The fielders can work on reactions, one hoppers, squeezing the
ball in the glove, rolling to a grip, and a quick release...basic fielding
fundamentals. I recommend playing Pepper 10 minutes a day for at least 6 days of
the week. If the fieldyou’re on doesn’t allow Pepper, find a place that’s near
the field to play. Add some Pepper to your game, and let the pitchers develop
their Flip skills.
Using the lower case c and starting at launch will keep
your head still. Overcoming inertia correctly will ensure visual clarity at the
release point. Remember the brain will help slow the ball down and make it look
larger on the way to the plate if you minimize the amount of eye muscles used in
tracking.Using the middle knuckle on the lead hand to draw a small c as you rock
and breatheinvolves two areas of the
hitting drivetrain: the physical
(bio-mechanics/physics and vision) working in harmony. It's high on the hitting
totem pole musts. Due to the laws of physics of motion (a.k.a. laws of motion),
if you can get your hands moving early prior to launch, it's easier to throw the
barrel at launch (body at rest requires more
force to get it moving as
opposed to a moving body can be moved easier, etc.). The tip and rip hitters are
overcoming inertia with a pre-launch tipping of the barrel towards the pitcher
slightly, but have to be strong enough to control the barrel as it returns
towards the back shoulder. Since there is a 1' to 12" correlation (which is
discussed in my blog) between the knob and top of the barrel, strength is
required to avoid dropping the barrel below the hands and/or looping. Nothing
like a big hole flaw for a smart pitcher to use as an out pitch or jam you up.
From my experience the younger hitters that tip and rip usuallyend up blurring
their vision when they can't keep their head still in the process. Dr. Harrison
has been generous in helping me with the vision connection in overcoming
inertia, but I've been asked to not post certain information. Since he and his
son are in the hitting and vision business and have competitors, I will respect
his wishes.
game or during practice has about as much value as a sack of
salt...especially for hitters. Pepper gives you repeated opportunities to
work on tracking, the upper body muscle memory, and the bio-mechanics of a
grooved swing. The fielders can work on reactions, one hoppers, squeezing the
ball in the glove, rolling to a grip, and a quick release...basic fielding
fundamentals. I recommend playing Pepper 10 minutes a day for at least 6 days of
the week. If the fieldyou’re on doesn’t allow Pepper, find a place that’s near
the field to play. Add some Pepper to your game, and let the pitchers develop
their Flip skills.
Using the lower case c and starting at launch will keep
your head still. Overcoming inertia correctly will ensure visual clarity at the
release point. Remember the brain will help slow the ball down and make it look
larger on the way to the plate if you minimize the amount of eye muscles used in
tracking.Using the middle knuckle on the lead hand to draw a small c as you rock
and breatheinvolves two areas of the
hitting drivetrain: the physical
(bio-mechanics/physics and vision) working in harmony. It's high on the hitting
totem pole musts. Due to the laws of physics of motion (a.k.a. laws of motion),
if you can get your hands moving early prior to launch, it's easier to throw the
barrel at launch (body at rest requires more
force to get it moving as
opposed to a moving body can be moved easier, etc.). The tip and rip hitters are
overcoming inertia with a pre-launch tipping of the barrel towards the pitcher
slightly, but have to be strong enough to control the barrel as it returns
towards the back shoulder. Since there is a 1' to 12" correlation (which is
discussed in my blog) between the knob and top of the barrel, strength is
required to avoid dropping the barrel below the hands and/or looping. Nothing
like a big hole flaw for a smart pitcher to use as an out pitch or jam you up.
From my experience the younger hitters that tip and rip usuallyend up blurring
their vision when they can't keep their head still in the process. Dr. Harrison
has been generous in helping me with the vision connection in overcoming
inertia, but I've been asked to not post certain information. Since he and his
son are in the hitting and vision business and have competitors, I will respect
his wishes.
To connect early bat speed, the newest
"buzz word" for the hitting bio-mechanic linking process that Dr. Coop DeRenne
published in 1992, to the overcoming of inertia with the pre-launch movement of
the hands is a bit of stretch. Forgive me for being old school and not using the
term linking as much as I do the 1970's term torquing. For some coaches torquing
turned into slang like tightening the coil or winding the spring, but this term
still means the same thing as linking. From the ground up through the bodyr
otation linked stages unwind like a string of firecrackers through blocking
contact and follow through.
"buzz word" for the hitting bio-mechanic linking process that Dr. Coop DeRenne
published in 1992, to the overcoming of inertia with the pre-launch movement of
the hands is a bit of stretch. Forgive me for being old school and not using the
term linking as much as I do the 1970's term torquing. For some coaches torquing
turned into slang like tightening the coil or winding the spring, but this term
still means the same thing as linking. From the ground up through the bodyr
otation linked stages unwind like a string of firecrackers through blocking
contact and follow through.
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