Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Fri Mar 23 17:02:51 2001

>>> Ted Williams in his book the science of hitting advocates a cocking of the hips as part of the stride and trigger. It's a slight inward turn that allows the hands and hip to rotate back sightly. He also describes the hip movement (as you swing) as a spinning action, with the head as the axis. Do you agree, and is this consistent with your philosophy? <<<

Hi Pete

Yes, my teaching of lower of lower body mechanics and preparing the launch position is basically the same as he described in his book. What he calls “spinning”, I referred to in my study as “rotation around a stationary axis.”

Jack Mankin