Player 5 Training Series
Follow this series to watch a player with a unique windup setup. There are times you will encounter unique habits that in some cases you will need to leave alone and build the sequence around the habit. In this case the player had been using this windup approach for a full year prior to entering our program.
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PLAYER 5 (V9) SERVESUP March10
Topics:
Primary elements to improve toss placement:
Lock-in
Sway hips forward earlier
Isolate front foot
Using axis lean to influence toss direction
Continuation of peak isolation
Extras
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PLAYER 5 (V8) SERVESUP March3
Topics:
2ND SERVE elements
Weight transfer during the toss
Maximizing external shoulder stretch
Primary peak isolation
Utilizing the non-dominant arm to control truck rotation range
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PLAYER 5 (V7) SERVESUP Feb24
Topics:
Continuation of working on tossing ball left of center
Working on inverted slice concept to sharpen players kick-serve approach.
Primary peak extension
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PLAYER 5 (V6) SERVESUP Feb17
Topics:
Toss alignment to stance
Weight transfer pre-toss
Load peak range
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PLAYER 5 (V5) SERVESUP Feb10
Topics:
Primary peak tracking
Maximizing shoulder stretch
Ulnar deviation
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PLAYER 5 (V4) SERVESUP Feb3
Topics:
Kick-serve continuation
Setting toss left of center
Concept > inverted slice approach
Full tuck to isolate trunk rotation
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PLAYER 5 (V3) SERVESUP Jan27
Topics:
Sequencing
Peak isolation
Full tuck orientation
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PLAYER 5 (V2) SERVESUP Jan20
Topics:
Kick serve session
Reverse seesaw to orient toss
Peak isolations
Internal shoulder rotation timing
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PLAYER 5 (V1) SERVESUP Jun11 2021
This is player 5's first motion capture take. This take represents payer 5's starting point in the program. To follow her journey to develop great serving mechanics check out player 5's training series for coaching insights.
