Posted by: Rookie13 (derma.13@hotmail.com) on Mon Nov 3 00:18:46 2008

> Hi Gator
>
> That’s a good question. I have always considered the rotational terms (CHP, PLT, THT &
BHT) we coined at Batspeed to be mechanical principles rather than batting cues. I would
suppose “Hips first” would be considered a rotational cue. I also started to mention
“rearward bat acceleration” but that is also more a principle than a cue. Hopefully,
someone can point out a few I missed.
>
> Jack Mankin

I find that hips first always causes me to hit balls off the end of the bat and I realized this
halfway through the summer season. I switched my mentality to shoulders first and got a
lot more solid contact. Any reason for this?