tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83060434223014415382024-03-12T16:22:57.410-07:00Baseball SwingDonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759545680220413617noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306043422301441538.post-43513938604986266072010-12-08T21:55:00.000-08:002010-12-09T08:36:38.072-08:00Swinging At a Punching Bag DrillThe purpose of using a heavy bag is to absorb the bat's energy at the contact point and to train the batter to expend all bat speed-generating energy (rotational and torque) prior to or by contact. Good transfer mechanics and timing will have the batter depleting his rotational and torque energy as the bat-head reaches maximum velocity. Therefore, after all of the body's energy has been transferred into bat speed, the body and limb muscles are at rest. The hip and shoulder rotation is complete, lead-arm pull and back-forearm lowering to horizontal position is complete, and the hand-path has slowed to a stop. There is no energy being applied to the bat after contact. The bat's energy has been expended into the heavy bag. Now you now have a frozen frame of the batters mechanics at contact which can show see if batter is properly rotating into the swing which is an important part of the swing. This also works on power within a swing.<br />
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<iframe frameborder="0" height="344" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/tZnInVhqseM?fs=1" width="425"></iframe>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759545680220413617noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8306043422301441538.post-31960333273495754902010-09-21T11:40:00.000-07:002010-12-09T09:29:34.915-08:00Baseball Swing<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Shoulder press w/weight Exercise: </span></strong></div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;">Instead of doing the normal shoulder press in a wide stance and pushing arms out, a good exercise to improve the swing would be to push out the weight but in a batting stance. This strengthens the shoulders which are internally and externally rotated during a swing. In order to move the weight you must generate enough force to push up fully and lock the elbows. When performing a natural swing their is no weight to be pulled besides that of the baseball bat. With this exercise the batter works on the torque by stengthening the abdomen, and learns to turn into the ball with enough force so that the ball with travel a further distance. </div><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Phase 2:</span></strong> Step into the swing with the front leg. Just a short, soft, and straight step.</div><div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kqOMRfSt7ecvhIjLwGtubR2m5nnYd3iBp0sMEIag9q-EzXPsd33EH5vM-5AIsy2Du5cQqlUCi8rd8QyHEfGPSJ4t7I_aq8MtBfTeETXfBm7IPMUKfrPJSmrPNuP6r3aCA8n8JeAJGvYc/s1600/phase+22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" px="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-kqOMRfSt7ecvhIjLwGtubR2m5nnYd3iBp0sMEIag9q-EzXPsd33EH5vM-5AIsy2Du5cQqlUCi8rd8QyHEfGPSJ4t7I_aq8MtBfTeETXfBm7IPMUKfrPJSmrPNuP6r3aCA8n8JeAJGvYc/s320/phase+22.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><span style="color: #102614; font-family: "Helvetica", "sans-serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">The follow through begins after contact is made with the ball. The muscle involved in flexing the spine is called the<strong> </strong></span><a href="http://www.megaessays.com/essay_search/Erector_Spinae.html"><span style="color: #102614; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Erector Spinae</strong></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">. Also at the time of contact, the arms fully extend and the wrists break. Flex the <strong>Flexor Carpi Radialus</strong>, the <strong>Flexor Carpi Ulnaris</strong>, the <strong>Pronator Teres</strong>, the </span><a href="http://www.megaessays.com/essay_search/Biceps_Brachii.html"><span style="color: #102614; line-height: 115%; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Biceps Brachii</strong></span></span></a><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">, the <strong>Brachioradialis</strong>, and the <strong>Brachialis</strong>. (Elbow)</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">This movement completes the swing through the <strong>transverse plane</strong> around a <strong>vertical axis</strong> which consists of <strong>horizontal flexion and exstension</strong>, <strong>internal and external rotation</strong>, <strong>supination and pronation</strong>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: large;"><em>Definitions of Terms: </em></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Anterior -</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> situated before or at the front of.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Posterior </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Further back in position; of or nearer the rear or hind end.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Calcaneus</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Heel Bone.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Hyper-Extended</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - Extension of a bodily joint beyond its normal range of motion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Extensor Carpi Radialis Longus</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a long muscle on the radial side of the back of the forearm that extends and abducts the hand </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Extensor Carpi Radialis Brevis</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - </span><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">one of the muscles of the posterior forearm. It inserts into the dorsal surface of the third metacarpal bone and functions to extend the hand and forearm. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Extensor Carpi Ulnaris</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>- </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">a muscle on the ulnar side of the back of the forearm that extends and adducts the hand .</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Obliques</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> - </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">are the muscles that help you bend from side to side and rotate the torso.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rectus Abdominis</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - <span style="color: black;">The rectus abdominis muscle is a paired muscle running vertically on each side of the anterior wall of the human abdomen.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Glenohumeral joint</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- Shoulder joint.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Supinated</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - a position of either the forearm or foot; in the forearm when the palm faces anteriorly.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pronation</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - rotation of the hands and forearms so that the palms face downward.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Gluteus Maximus</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - large, superficial, buttock muscle.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Trapezius</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - either of two flat triangular muscles of the shoulder and upper back that are involved in moving the shoulders and arms.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Erector Spinae</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – Muscles of the lower back.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Transverse Plane</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - imaginary plane that divides the body into superior and inferior parts.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Horizontal Flexion</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - a position that is made possible by the joint angle decreasing through a horizontal plane.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Horizontal Extension</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – a position that is made possible by the joint angle increasing.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Internal Rotation</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - rotation towards the center of the body.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">External Rotation</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – rotation away from the center of the body.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Flexor Carpi Radialis</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - a muscle of the human forearm that acts to flex and abduct the hand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Flexor Carpi Ulnaris</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - a muscle of the human forearm that acts to flex and adduct the hand.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Pronator Teres</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> - serves to pronate the forearm (turning it so the palm faces posteriorly).</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Biceps Brachii</span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – muscles of the upper arm that that flexes and supinates the forearm.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Brachioradialis </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- is a muscle of the forearm that acts to flex the forearm at the elbow. It is also capable of both pronation and supination, depending on the position of the forearm.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Brachialis </span></b><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">- a muscle in the upper arm that flexes the elbow joint. It lies just deep of the biceps brachii, and is a synergist that assists the biceps brachii in flexing at the elbow.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", "serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"></span></div>Donhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759545680220413617noreply@blogger.com1