blad51
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"God may love the infantry, but the devil fears the CAV." - Author unknown.
Indeed! Scouts Out!
"God may love the infantry, but the devil fears the CAV." - Author unknown.
You'd be right in that I am pretty good at reading launch angle etc., based off what I see from the batter's motion. VERY strong correlation to what I see in a motion swinging a tennis racquet. I came in with a 'head start' witnessing thousands of an opponent's rotational motion.I would compare tennis to it in a way - I imagine after thousands of "reps" in practice and games, you became very proficient in reading the ball off the bat with respect to launch angle, spin, velocity, etc. and were able to get yourself into position to field the ball as cleanly as possible so you could make the appropriate throw.
Tennis is no different - you start to see so many shots come off an opponents strings and start interpreting their body movements/mechanics and the launch angle/spin/velocity of the ball, you end up in good positions so you have more options yourself with your next shot.
I've yet to find a way aside from just doing it thousands upon thousands of times that speeds up that learning curve.
I need to quote this and share it with all of the parents of my son's tae kwon do school and swim school as well as his little league baseball team I help to coach.You'd be right in that I am pretty good at reading launch angle etc., based off what I see from the batter's motion. VERY strong correlation to what I see in a motion swinging a tennis racquet. I came in with a 'head start' witnessing thousands of an opponent's rotational motion.
Same as why I came into golf/tennis with a strong capability to hit the ball hard - all my life I've been taught 'swing for a double' (ie hit through the ball). With the underlying physical ability (and as FMS would add, additionally the underlying competency to achieve the ideal body position) all that was missing was the sport specific skill.
This is why I'm such a believer in the physical literacy/motor skill development model. Thousands of reps are so important, but when there are large similarities between something it greatly speeds up the learning curve. When kids trial multiple sports, explore all motor skills, it keeps options open (both for competitive and 'active for life' endeavours).
Dude don’t apologize! All discussion is welcome! Thank you for chiming in!PS @Brandon Trahan completely hijacked your thread. Apologies! A+A is an important part of base building, along with other key aspects.
I keep digging A+A for 7 years ( @Anna C was it 2016 when we started Al's lazy endurance swing protocols?)