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Re: Abdominal Strength

Posted by: Maximum () on Tue Nov 27 14:13:20 2001

I read that Ken Griffey Junior rotates his upper body further than most by using abdominal strength.From what I heard by doing this he generates tremendous batspeed. How much does abdominal strentgh affect batspeed etc....
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> I don't understand how his "strength" can rotate his hips further, but flexibility can allow him to do that. He probably rotates his hips farther than anyone in his follow through, but at contact it's different.

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> I read that Ken Griffey Junior rotates his upper body further than most by using abdominal strength.From what I heard by doing this he generates tremendous batspeed. How much does abdominal strentgh affect batspeed etc.... > > > > I don't understand how his "strength" can rotate his hips further, but flexibility can allow him to do that. He probably rotates his hips farther than anyone in his follow through, but at contact it's different.

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