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Posted by: Teacherman () on Mon Nov 15 14:28:34 2004

The way it feels (perhaps uniquely to me) is that there is a window of time once a part of the motion (?swing begins?,but I would define this part of the motion more exactly as when "rotation into foot plant" begins which is preceded by a consciously variable amount of scap load which becomes more and more "anticipatory" as location is recognized-including velocity- and motion proceeds).
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> So,you have a plan for the pitch,and you see the pitch and you continue anticipation as you rotate into foot plant/start to wind the rubber band.At this point you have a windoww limited by how much the weight must shift forward and by how much body coil you can reliably control-much of this control comes by back leg flex at the knee.Then within this window you "commit" which means you "trigger" hip turn to max momentum velocity at a more specific time,usually past the point where you can check the swing.
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> Thoughts ?

Tom

You said......"So,you have a plan for the pitch,and you see the pitch and you continue anticipation as you rotate into foot plant/start to wind the rubber band."

There is no time for all of this. How can you start to wind the rubber band after you've seen the pitch?

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> The way it feels (perhaps uniquely to me) is that there is a window of time once a part of the motion (?swing begins?,but I would define this part of the motion more exactly as when "rotation into foot plant" begins which is preceded by a consciously variable amount of scap load which becomes more and more "anticipatory" as location is recognized-including velocity- and motion proceeds).
> > 
> > So,you have a plan for the pitch,and you see the pitch and you continue anticipation as you rotate into foot plant/start to wind the rubber band.At this point you have a windoww limited by how much the weight must shift forward and by how much body coil you can reliably control-much of this control comes by back leg flex at the knee.Then within this window you "commit" which means you "trigger" hip turn to max momentum velocity at a more specific time,usually past the point where you can check the swing.
> > 
> > Thoughts ?
> 
> Tom
> 
> You said......"So,you have a plan for the pitch,and you see the pitch and you continue anticipation as you rotate into foot plant/start to wind the rubber band."  
> 
> There is no time for all of this.  How can you start to wind the rubber band after you've seen the pitch?

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