Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Tue Jan 6 14:46:27 2004

Hi. I have a leg-related question, but I wanted
> > to be seperate from the huge multi-headed
> > thread going on now.
> >
> > Anyway.
> >
> > So I bought the video, and am trying to
> > implement Jack's techniques (I'm 36 and play
> > in a 28+ league on the weekends). I've
> > noticed some improvement, but I haven't been
> > all that dedicated yet. My biggest problems
> > seemed to be not getting my legs involved and
> > turning my hips enough; I'm much better with
> > that now. I still stride too much, I think, and
> > tend to swing down on the ball when I'm tired
> > or not focused. I'm getting there.
> >
> > Anyway, yesterday at the cages, I
> > experimented with something I don't normally
> > do- lifting my lead leg about a foot when I
> > stride (usually I sort of "slide-step" stride).
> > Holy cow, what a difference! After a couple
> > pitches, once I got the timing right, I was
> > hitting the snot out of the ball! I had to have
> > added a good 10 mph onto my swing, I'd
> > guess; I pinged a couple off the fence-pipe of
> > the cage that really rang!
> >
> > My question- why would that make so much
> > difference? Does that help force the hips to
> > open? Does it help transfer energy from my
> > legs that was getting wasted before? Have I
> > just found my natural swing? Was it just a
> > coincidence?
>
> slowpitch, or what?

I find the body wants to perform certain motions together.In good hitters,the stride foot lifts as the hip cocks and as the back arm internally rotates("hitch hands") and front knee turns in(internally rotates).More stride foot lift will tend to encourage more hip cock.Still,a lot has to go right after this to result in more power.In addition to more pronounced hip cock,you must be sequencing loading and unloading better.This is pure speculation in the absence of observation.