Posted by: dougdinger () on Wed Jul 14 13:44:37 2004

As you can tell I'm having trouble getting into a good launch position. This problem this time doesn't have to do with the arms and hands. It's my hips. When I do my inward turn/coil my hips turn in with my shoulders. So I can't get full rotation and turn on an inside pitch. All my hits this season have been up the middle or the opposite field, and I mean all, all 22 of them. I get jammed inside too. When I do try to clear , hips my whole swing goes all over the place, balance is gone, swing plane too.
> > I know one problem is that I have a slight close at foot stride which I'm working on, but when I do stride straight I still have my hips coiled in.
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> What is your front toe doing when your front foot lands? Is it pointing straight towards the plate or is turning at a 30-45 degree angle towards the pitcher? - Tom Waz

It starts pointed at the plate at toe touch then rotates to about a 45 degree angle as the heel drops. Just like Jack said in a previous post. "I recommend to hitters with short soft strides that their toe lands in a more closed position. The foot then rotates to an open (45 degrees or greater) as the heel lowers. I find that the batter initiates better lead-leg action when rotating the heel as it lowers than when lowering it straight down."

I don't my feet are the problem. I think it might be my front knee turning in too much as I stride.