Posted by: Coach C () on Tue Nov 4 10:12:18 2003

> What is your point when you say "lazy" or "quiet" lower body v the other way? Are you promoting it or pointing out a difference and if so what difference.
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> After further review of your clips, in the one with the more active lower body you have a much better swing plane. It seems to match the shoulder turn plane better which will allow more batspeed and therefore more power. It's a better connected swing.
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> In your "quiet" lower body swings, they look all arm to me. The swing plane is disconnected from the shoulder turn plane.
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> In your sons clips he seems well connected to the rotating torso. The barrel arcs out perpendicular to the spine showing the swing and shoulder turn plane are the proper.

The one where I take my head to the ball is done by lowering my legs thus lessening the jack knife look you see in the other two swings. My weight is more evenly distributed from beginning to end, just by squatting more with my legs. The feel is that my front leg must keep it's bend as long as possible. The other two swings have me hitting more upright, so I cast my weight forward or sway as the arms come through. My son on the other hand, I see as less handsy, thus he rotates his torso much better than I. He never has jack-knifed in the swing. I really don't have a motivation other than to say that if one is more hand dominate (myself) lowering the head/legs will promote a better swing plan (flatter) and better shoulder turn through loose hips, but if someone swings like my Son, then lowering the legs probably would not be a good cue.

I'm just showing how two swings can be fairly good (not perfect), but entirely different at the same time. Which goes to a point I've made many times.......lot's of people do things differently, certainly some are more effecient. I think when my Son grows up, his swing will be more energy efficent then mine ever was, but that'll be up to him.

Thanks,

Coach C