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Josh Staumont 100 mph mechanics thread
1. Leg lift - maintains stacked posture over his pelvis & turns against a stable back foot with a subtle drift.
2) Tempo - at 22 frames from leg lift to release, he is quick where it counts, but takes care to gather during the leg lift.
1. Leg lift - maintains stacked posture over his pelvis & turns against a stable back foot with a subtle drift.
2) Tempo - at 22 frames from leg lift to release, he is quick where it counts, but takes care to gather during the leg lift.
3) As he drops into a deep hinge, his upper half stays stacked, back and quiet. This helps him build tension and stay loaded into landing.
4) He gets his hips relatively open at landing, and is able to create excellent separation due to his hip / thoracic mobility.
4) He gets his hips relatively open at landing, and is able to create excellent separation due to his hip / thoracic mobility.
5) Despite a longer arm swing, his arm stays very synced up with the rest of his delivery.
He takes his time on the arm swing, allowing it to float into position so it can be up and ready to accept the force of violent trunk rotation just after landing.
He takes his time on the arm swing, allowing it to float into position so it can be up and ready to accept the force of violent trunk rotation just after landing.
6) Because of his excellent timing and mobility, Staumont is also able to create an insane degree of scapular retraction.
This maximizes the stretch and recoil in his pec (which fires his arm through) as well as the range of motion over which he can apply force to the ball.
This maximizes the stretch and recoil in his pec (which fires his arm through) as well as the range of motion over which he can apply force to the ball.
What happens when you mix an insane athlete with exceptional patterns that maximize timing / sequencing through the entire kinetic chain?
Fuego.
Fuego.
2 things that may be seen as slight "imperfections" in his mechanics.
1) Certain throws have a tendency to rise off the heel early in the drive (1st pic - may be from hole in the mound).
2) The elbow appears to climb above shoulder plane on some throws for 1-2 frames (2nd pic).
1) Certain throws have a tendency to rise off the heel early in the drive (1st pic - may be from hole in the mound).
2) The elbow appears to climb above shoulder plane on some throws for 1-2 frames (2nd pic).
Staumont is quick, but he doesn't rush.He creates separation/retraction, but he doesn't force it.He puts force into the ground, but he doesn't push/ lunge.He rotates violently, but he doesn't yank.A great example of producing velocity from the toes to the fingertips.
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