Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Fri Apr 13 15:07:33 2001

Major Dan-

I think you have described it well.I like to put the cursor around the bellybutton and see this remain fairly still from launch to contact as a sign of stationary axis/no lunging.The hips below this may go forward some and the torso above this may lean back.

The back leg motion is also a good marker of momentum transfer.The weight comes off the back side(I like the analogy of the front side catching the shift)then the back leg twists opposite to the torso as the hips decelerate.Usually this results in toe dragging.The lower leg twist/toe drag then reverses as bat follow-through pulls the entire body around,often with "spinout" of the front foot(as opposed to rolling over of the front foot when the body turns as a single unit without much whipping-often a result of trying to push the front side open against a firm front side in a misguided attempt to prevent"excessive" shoulder rotation pulling you off the ball).