Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sat Sep 15 12:17:50 2001

Jack,
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> > I think you are alittle confused about why the hips are turned first. Ture, they do turn the sholders. If the swing moves from the bottom up then they hips must move before the shoulders. This is a very superficial observation.
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> > More complicated there are three addtional reasons for hip roation.
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> > 1. It creates the beining of bat speed. Its the fundemental speed that the rest of the swing adds to. Think of it this way if you are moving on a train at 60 mph and you throw a ball in the direction you are moving at 60 mph the ball is moving at 120 mph. The hips creates the speed that the shoulders, arms and hands adds too.
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> > 2. turning the hips creates a "pull" forward so that the bat is pulled on a flatter plane. Other wise the bat would remain on a downward path rather then through the ball. Think of it as similar to the golf swing, If you dont get your weight over to the left side and pull the swing forward the doward path of the club will cause the club head to be driven into the groud.
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> > 3. Turning your hips pulls the hands inside and prevents casting
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> > 4. turning the hips starts the swing with the large more poerful and easier to control muscles of the legs and back.
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> > I hope this helps
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> > Joe A.
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> > P. S. I think you should correct the errors and contradictions in the frame by frame.

Hi all

We all understand the importance of hip rotation.

However, Joe is again preaching to the choir as we are all too familiar with. As for your comment Joe, "P. S. I think you should correct the errors and contradictions in the frame by frame." You should direct your comments to the famous professional hitters whose mechanics are depicted in the frame-by-frame, I only traced them.

Jack Mankin

PS: To those new to the site -- Joe A, and all of the alias' he has used, claims to be a teacher and baseball coach - review his post and draw your own conclusions. Obviously, some comments on this board need to be taken with a grain of sand.