Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Tue May 13 22:33:28 2003

Dear Jack,

In your video you seem to believe that opening up and keeping the shoulders back does nothing for shoulder rotation. I beg to differ, as you may be perceiving the model wrong.

In the stance, I advocate opening up the front foot (i.e., 45-90 degrees), while twisting the front shoulder back. Make sure that the front heel is off the ground; this initiates hip rotation.

Next, allow the front heel to drop, and place no tension on the lead arm so it will be barred against the chest. As soon as the heel drops, for a fraction of a second, 1) there is a 40 degree differential between the hip line and shoulder line (bottom half open, top half closed); 2)the upper body is still rotating back, but for less than 1/2 a second; 3) the arm straightens against the chest.

Now, apply THT by flipping (rather circling) the top palm so that it faces the sky. In less than a second, the elasticity of the body will act like a spring, and allow the shoulders to catch up to the hips. Let the shoulders rotate while applying torque all the way through the swing. Allow the bottom hand to stay barred, and the hands to follow around the rotating body. Also keep the bottom hand close to the side so plently of BHT occurs.

At contact, you will have 138 of tight linkage, and the ability to hit softballs 320+ feet.

Max seperations works: some people just do not use it correctly.

Your thoughts Jack? I do have a point. Elasticity of the body, and, when done right, it is not just "torso."

Sincerely,
BHL
Knight1285@aol.com