Step on the right, step on the left, hit the ball

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That's what I told him. Needs some work with the hands into the follow through...that is if I can get him off the baseball field.

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Looks like a lot of zeros :)

Don't be too quick to steer... both can pay for books, housing, food, and tuition :)
 
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mgranato said:
Looks like a lot of zeros :)

Don't be too quick to steer... both can pay for books, housing, food, and tuition :)
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Absolutely. Baseball was the only reason I went to college. In all honesty, it doesn't matter if he even plays a sport--at least not to me. He's having a blast playing baseball right now and won't even go to the range with me because he says he "doesn't want to mess up his baseball swing".


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That's a nice swing. He looks like a helluva ball player spktho.

Kid's gotta future!
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He has a better swing than I had a few a years ago for sure. Just trying to keep it fun, after all he's only 5 in this video.
 
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Wow! That's awesome. The golf swing is an athletic motion and that's why Brian's such a fantastic instructor. Teach the swing for what it is! Thanks for sharing that. Moving forward you could find a way to teach him axis tilt (throw the tackler off of your back!) and swivel action (skip a rock; throw from third to first) and he'd be good to go! Look at his last parallel position:
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Damon Lucas said:
It is all pretty much pre determined by last parallel for most golfers.
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The fact that he already has that positioned nailed is just...WOW! So teaching him to step on the right then step on the left is a also a real testament to this:
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When you have a free hip turn and arent on the left foot so quickly, the upper body pivot is a million times less likely to put the "transition torques" on your left arm and keep it high and rotated clockwise (for a righty)
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counterfall

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Awesome! His follow through is ensuring a square face at impact which is a concept that a beginner at that age may not always grasp.
 
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That's awesome. Funny, I've got a 12 y.o. daughter and a 9 y.o. son and they go to the range with me. Trying to heed the advice here of not interfering with their natural instincts (and recognizing I don't know squat), the only thing I've told them is: step right, step left and swing at it hard. My guess is that they both beat me before they are out of H.S.
 
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