Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Tue Nov 25 08:35:39 2003

As Sandman mentioned,the back leg can get a workput doing what it needs to.

It has to carry the weight shift and act as a base to get rotation going/hip uncocking and it has to assist rotation.

This can be seen nicely in the Glaus clip at the youthbaseballcoaching site,for example.

This clip appears to be about 90 frames per second(almost 15 frames from launch to contact as oposed to usual 5,assume 3x resolution,or 3x 30 fr/sec ?)

Notice the back foot turns back in reaction to the hip starting to uncock before the front toe touches.

Then the back leg rotates as resistance/blocking/rotation of the front leg gets hip turn to the max/separation to the max.

This is inside location,so he has to turn very quickly/interrupt load sequence with launch sequence early.

Hands stay back well,good tht,great separation.Then as the bathead swings out,the back toe reactively drags as the hips decelerate and momentum is well transferred up the chain.

Nice hooking handpath,back elbow retains "L" well.