Bat Speed -- Baseball Hitting Forum

Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Wed Apr 23 11:33:26 2003

Dear Jack,
I have some questions I would like to ask you. First of all, wouldn't opening the top half and closing the bottom half really "yank the hands through," and get "the hips ahead of the hands?" I found it does.

Secondly, are not the hips initiated by dropping the front heel (just a clarification)?

Finally, doesn't proper hip rotation demand that you start with you weight slightly forward, then dip the back shoulder, tuck the back elbow HARD, and keep the bat close to the body while you turn your back palm "up." This puts the weight against the back thigh and forces faster rotation.

To rephrase, does not tucking the bat in tight to the body (i.e., a lag position) accelerate the bat, since one can rotate faster when his or her "limbs," including the "bat," is brought in close to the body? Doesn't initiating CHP from the beginning produce a "parachuting effect" counterproductive to hip rotation?

I do not think the swing as loose and tension-free. I'm counting on you to prove / disprove me as you did in the past.

Sincerely,
BHL (Geoff)
Knight1285@aol.com

P.S. It's nice to talk to you again Bart. I've been innundated with research, but now I'm back. And I'm happy to talk to everyone again!

Followups:

Re: A Question for Jack--Just a Tuck
Jack Mankin [ Wed Apr 23 21:08:35 2003 ]
- how do a teach my son not to dip when he bat
  Angela [ Wed Jun 1 18:54:07 2005 ]
  - Re: how do a teach my son not to dip when he bat Jim C. [ Thu Jun 2 03:53:03 2005 ]
- Your Clarification, Jack BHL [ Fri Apr 25 20:38:56 2003 ]

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> Dear Jack,
> I have some questions I would like to ask you.  First of all, wouldn't opening the top half and closing the bottom half really "yank the hands through," and get "the hips ahead of the hands?"  I found it does.
> 
> Secondly, are not the hips initiated by dropping the front heel (just a clarification)?
> 
> Finally, doesn't proper hip rotation demand that you start with you weight slightly forward, then dip the back shoulder, tuck the back elbow HARD, and keep the bat close to the body while you turn your back palm "up."  This puts the weight against the back thigh and forces faster rotation.
> 
> To rephrase, does not tucking the bat in tight to the body (i.e., a lag position) accelerate the bat, since one can rotate faster when his or her "limbs," including the "bat," is brought in close to the body?  Doesn't initiating CHP from the beginning produce a "parachuting effect" counterproductive to hip rotation?
> 
> I do not think the swing as loose and tension-free.  I'm counting on you to prove / disprove me as you did in the past.
> 
> Sincerely,
> BHL (Geoff)
> Knight1285@aol.com
> 
> P.S.  It's nice to talk to you again Bart.  I've been innundated with research, but now I'm back.  And I'm happy to talk to everyone again!

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