Posted by: Jack Mankin (mrbatspeed@aol.com) on Wed Oct 15 00:36:25 2003

>>> Jack the front shoulder is driven by the hands., whether they go linear or rotational. It's when the front shoulder leads that creates the problems. <<<
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> Hi Coach C
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> How far would you say the hands move before they start driving the shoulder?
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> Jack Mankin
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> Sounds like a leading question as it's impossible for the hands to physically drive the shoulders. it's exactly the other way around. get out your kinesiology book. end of discussion. next question?

Hi Rich

It may sound like a silly question. Maybe you read Coach C’s statement above: “Jack the front shoulder is driven by the hands” differently than I do.. But, when you couple that statement with his belief that the batter should, “Keep the lower body quiet and be quick with the hands”, it is conceivable he may actually believe the hands do drive the shoulders. His other posts show that he certainly does not believe that shoulder rotation accelerates the hands (as you pointed out above).

Jack Mankin