Posted by: Shawn (bellshw2@aol.com) on Wed Jul 4 13:22:54 2001

Hi All
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> Below is a an important June post made by grc and Major Dan regarding "throwing the hands." I am re-posting it in July because of the important statement it makes.
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> Jack Mankin
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> >jack......my biggest fear of "throwing the hands" is that you can "throw" too soon, letting the hands get ahead of the hips and the bat be d in a linear direction........but.......suppose the hips have initiated their rotation and one could find a cue by which they could "throw" the hands AFTER the hips have started rotation, then i would see little chance of the hands "overtaking" the hips.......what do you think?.......respectfully, grc............>
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> GRC,I have a new way of looking at it but Iwill wait for an answer from Jack 1st.
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> I too await Jack's reply. IMO, you don't need a cue to '"throw" the hands AFTER the hips have started rotation' - the upper body rotation will throw the hands for you. When the swing is done correctly this happens without cues, without attempt - the hook at the end of the circular hand path -- bottom hand torque -- throws the bat head at the ball.
> Most likely 'trying' to do this will throw it all off
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> Major Dan
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> ****
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> Having a good understanding of what Major Dan has just stated is crucial in developing good rotational mechanics. I find his words require no addition.
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> Jack Mankin
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Hi Jack,

When I posted the thread Hank's transfer mechanics, I mentioned there was much talk about weight shift vs rotation. I also pointed out that Hank might shine some light on transfer mechanics, considering through most of his career he was a rotational lunger of some sort. At the time there was a very good thread (threads) on the upperbody before the weight shift and rotation outbreak.

Here's the thread, I think there was another good one I read prior to posting Hank.

Proper use of the arms in the baseball swing:
http://www.batspeed.com/messageboard/output/2550.html

Shawn