My ballstriking has vastly improved as I have struggled to create, then sustain, proper power package angles. My power package may not be traveling through the air on it's exact tract (plane) but I am now getting blood out of the ball. I am experiencing a very tender left thumb (I'm right handed), especially at its base. I am somewhat of a closed-to-open hitter, and holding off is my feel when compression takes place. I am guessing this tenderness is due to me trying to hold off excessive acceleration or throwaway and it hurts to hades when I leak, but it is a mixed blessing in that to avoid the pain, I slow down, load the lag and try to sustain it. Any thoughts?
ailments on the road to lag
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I am trying out a hitting procedure, and it sometimes feels my left thumb is going to snap. Which is good, I think. No leakage. Are you feeling pain at the joint at the base of the thumb, or in the padding in the thumbprint area? I wonder if taping the thumb could prevent some future problems.
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Nice post. I think the tought of keeping the left wrist ahead of the thumb will help me.
When you guys hit, are you keeping your right wrist soft or consciously TIGHTLY HOLDING it level bent?
TGM says something like the right shoulder and arm are the only parts with the capacity to push. Everything else pulls. So is hitting all push and no pull? And what the heck is axe handle technique? Like chopping wood on an inclined plane? Never had the misfortune of chopping any wood. Do you pull an axe or push it?
Nice post. I think the tought of keeping the left wrist ahead of the thumb will help me.
When you guys hit, are you keeping your right wrist soft or consciously TIGHTLY HOLDING it level bent?
TGM says something like the right shoulder and arm are the only parts with the capacity to push. Everything else pulls. So is hitting all push and no pull? And what the heck is axe handle technique? Like chopping wood on an inclined plane? Never had the misfortune of chopping any wood. Do you pull an axe or push it?
rundmc,
Some "freeze" the bent right wrist, but I prefer to keep it soft and make a football "stiff arm move" with the heel of the right hand against the left thumb(instead of a tackler).
Yes, Hitting is ALL push and NO pull. Axe Handle technique is putting a force on the side of the shaft with the thrusting right arm as opposed to a pulling force along the length of the shaft.
Some "freeze" the bent right wrist, but I prefer to keep it soft and make a football "stiff arm move" with the heel of the right hand against the left thumb(instead of a tackler).
Yes, Hitting is ALL push and NO pull. Axe Handle technique is putting a force on the side of the shaft with the thrusting right arm as opposed to a pulling force along the length of the shaft.
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