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Sir, This is a Wendy's
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I check on him every once in a while. Food for thought & discussion.
He still puts a lot of emphasis on spin on the rear side. He understands that the rear leg balance and brace are important, but still uses the spin-shift to get onto the front leg. When he puts Simon on the Mount Rushmore of form I sincerely wonder why he still sees the rear leg so differently than some of us.
It looks like in his player example near the end (5:36) he has somewhat improved rear leg balance and front side action, but the player is still spinning out without a counterbalance. He has a fairly flat swing with not much of a coil. There is also the exaggerated swim component swinging the body on a pretty flat plane over the front leg with a stagger stride that compensates for the lack of a full hip rock. Even if that player's shoulder is better, I wonder what's down the pike for his front hip:
I agree with him that you have to want it and work hard at it. But it also seems to implicitly suggest that "hey guy/gal, if you're not getting it, you didn't work hard enough." That might be true, but maybe other reasons apply to.
I'm still trying to not comment on this thread.
You've heard my private ramblings about him.