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Being Athletic Is A Good Thing
A 2 minutes explanation of the Happy Gilmore hitting drill.
Why we do it
What it teaches
Why it's goodBecause education & understanding >>> aimless negativity pic.twitter.com/uyi3UJ9Y9M
— Deven Morgan (@devenmorgan) January 4, 2021
Evidently Deven got crushed on Twitter for posting a video of a kid doing a Happy Gilmore Drill.
It looks like this
This right here 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/c8GknE87WG
— Deven Morgan (@devenmorgan) January 4, 2021
You see prescriptive coaching stuck on perfect mechanics can’t wrap their minds the idea of developing athleticism in the swing
Typically the best athletes hit. Why? Because they have the ability to adapt their bodies to multiple tasks in a variety of ways. Shouldn’t this be a goal of every hitter?
If you listen to Deven in the original Tweet, he explains that of course you aren’t going to run at the ball and hit it in the game but the Happy Gilmore develops several swing qualities that will emerge in a game as a result of giving the player opportunities to find them in training. The Happy Gilmore drill is just one of these explorative opportunities.
If you haven’t ever googled Nikoli Berstein I encourage you to do so. Below I will share a list of his quotes on learning a motor skill such as hitting a random baseball well.
- “No natural phenomenon can be understood without carefully considering how it emerged.”
- “A movement is correct when it perfectly fits a motor problem just as a key easily opens a lock.”
- “Dexterity is the ability to find a motor solution for any external situation, that is, to adequately solve any emerging motor problem.”
- “Dexterity is not confined within the movements or actions themselves but is revealed in how these movements behave in their interaction with the environment, with its unexpectedness and surprises.”
There is no singular answer but rather an assortment of answers that can emerge at any moment. When it comes to keys and opening locks you better be a janitor.
Speed Is The Foundation
Her foundational movements here are so good. What comes first? The intricate details of movement that you see pros fine tuning in their drill work?
Or moving fast resulting in movement to emerge as she finds best solutions to swing fast?
Or combination of both?🤷♂️ #SwingFaster— SwingFaster (@SuccessLvsClues) January 1, 2021
You see on social media, the pros ALL READY could move fast. Could hit the ball hard. Then they turn to being more consistent cleaning up the path with more fine tuned detailed work
Parents/young players resorting to that fine tuned drill work first and only is very harming— SwingFaster (@SuccessLvsClues) January 1, 2021
This girls father also has a strong understanding of technical vs tactical and how to provide all of it. Very fascinating to follow this girls training.
Speed. Accuracy. Technical aspects. What movement matters.
This girl and her Dad are very advanced. What a fun follow— SwingFaster (@SuccessLvsClues) January 1, 2021
This thread pretty much covers it but to reiterate. Speed scales with a growing body. Feel does not.
Think about a growing boy in puberty. He can barely walk and chew gum at the same time. Let alone “remember” the swing refinement he did as a 11 year old taking lessons from the local guru.
Build your house on a foundation of speed and once you reach the age of physical maturity, then and only then should you start to refine your feel into something that is unique to you.
I donated to the Barstool Small Business Fund
2020 was a tough year for small business everywhere. Barstool Sports started a small business fund that I wanted to be a part of.
I ran a trucker cap sale and donated the profits to help struggling small businesses make it through mandated shutdowns to continue serving their customers
Be kind always
We have 3 rules in our gym and in our house
Work hard and have fun
Be kind and considerate
Be tough and fearlessOn behalf of my family, our players and their family I give this donation. Go help people @stoolpresidente thank you and best of luck to all small business pic.twitter.com/hiOzeDV8IJ
— Chad Longworth (@clongbaseball) January 4, 2021
Things I liked that you guys sent me
If we slice the field into 9 different zones then we get something that looks like this for RHH.
I chose wOBA for this graphic but I can pretty much fill this in with any metric and the pull side will almost always be more valuable or have better outcomes. pic.twitter.com/wHpwJt7Iuj
— Josh Rodrigues (@CoachRodrigues2) January 5, 2021
Every study on youth sport participation shows ‘Fun’ as the #1 focus for the athletes.
I remember sitting in a large group at little league ‘tryouts’ learning how to wear our hats ‘the right way’ for 45 minutes.#notfun https://t.co/6QrR2CteLL
— Dan Gratz (@DGratz13) January 4, 2021
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