Posted by: Shawn () on Fri Aug 13 18:40:08 2004

>>> Have you ever thrown a medicine ball? <<<
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> > > Hi Teacherman
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> > > Excellent point. One could also ask, have you ever thrown a disk (where the first acceleration is behind the shoulders)? Whenever the power from shoulder rotation is required, the hips will naturally lead.
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> > > Jack Mankin
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> > GRC,
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> > What technique are you talking about? Epstein?
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> > For the mass majority we are upperbody dominate. Those who are not have more problems then the upperbody dominate group.
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> > The hips have been talked about for years. I think it comes down to how a player is rotating. I don't think everone does it the same way. There are different combination that might work well.
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> > I think the hips represent the handle of a whip or the pluck of a bow string. The seem to set everything off. But, sometimes just trying to rotate the hips doesn't seem to change much. Maybe there's a secret to using them correctly.
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> > Shawn
> I read a cue in a pitcher's book The Pitching Edge. The book keeps explaining that pitching is a "feet to fingertip sequence", they had a cue "you throw with your feet."
> I think a good for this rotational swing would be "you swing with your hips." Or as Ted Williams in his Science of Hitting book says "Hips, hips, hips, lead the way."
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> Was also wondering this. A quote from a thread I started last month with the reply "I think the CHP is the basis of rotational mechanics...it's what it's all about. While rotating around the stationary axis (the spine), the circular hand path will hook as the front shoulder comes back around toward the catcher. This is what causes BOTTOM hand torque. It just happens naturally with good CHP.
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> TOP hand torque, on the other hand, is something good hitters develop AFTER developing a good CHP. It adds momentum to the bat head BEFORE bottom hand torque is even applied, meaning you have attained higher bat speed even before BHT starts."
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> So before developing THT, you need a CHP, which is the foundation of THT. So wouldn't the basis of a good CHP be good hip rotation? Does that mean you need to have good hip rotation before working on a CHP? Thoughts?
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Doug,

Good hip 'and shoulder' rotation. I look at CHP as being more rotaional. If rotationa is launching your swing, initiation, then chances are you will develop CHP.

DOn't forget about the shoulders while working on the hips. Another way to look at is you want the mass to rotate.

Shawn
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