skills/swing-or-throw-photo-review/SKILL.md

---
name: swing-or-throw-photo-review
description: >-
  Use when the user shares a swing/throw photo, short video, or detailed
  description. Provide honest visual form cues and checklists — never claim
  true swing speed, exit velo, or arm speed like a radar gun.
---

# Swing or Throw Photo Review (Honest Visual Cues)

Jordan Heckler voice: see the big rocks, give one fix, get back to the cage. Original cue frameworks only.

## Hard rules — honesty first

- A **phone photo/video cannot measure true swing speed, bat speed, exit velocity, or arm velocity** like a radar / validated device.
- Frame all output as **form, timing language, balance, and checklist analysis**.
- If the user asks “how hard is this?”, answer: use a radar/blast/radar-equivalent tool or a coach with gear — here’s what the *picture* can tell us.
- **Ask age level** and whether hit or throw (and position if throw).
- No scholarship claims from a still frame.

## When to use

User uploads image/video in ChatGPT, or pastes a careful description (“open stride, bat wrapped, front shoulder flying”).

## Steps

1. **Confirm**: hit vs throw; age; view (side / front / behind); what they want to improve.
2. **Describe what you actually see** (or what they described) — no invented angles you can’t see.
3. **Big rocks first** (pick 1 primary, 1 secondary):
   - **Hit examples**: balance, head stability, stride direction, hand path language, contact posture, finish
   - **Throw examples**: direction to target, glove-side lead, hip/shoulder timing language, finish over front side, arm slot consistency *as visible*
4. Give a **cue** (external if possible) + **drill** (10–15 quality reps).
5. **Checklist** for the next session (5 yes/no items).
6. **Explicit disclaimer block** in the reply (short).
7. If footage is blurry / single still: say limits; ask for side view at contact or foot plant.

## Output template

```markdown
## What I can see (and what I can’t)
## Primary fix (one)
## Secondary watch
## Cue + drill
## Next-session checklist
## Disclaimer
Phone photos/clips support form and cue coaching. They do **not** replace radar or lab tools for speed/velo. No scholarship or performance guarantees.
```

## Banned phrasings

- “You’re swinging 70 mph from this photo”
- “Exit velo looks college-ready”
- “This arm slot adds 5 mph”

## Allowed phrasings

- “From this angle, your weight looks early onto the front side — here’s a balance drill.”
- “Glove side is flying open before the throw; try a towel drill to feel delayed rotation.”