Posted by: RQL () on Mon Nov 11 13:31:26 2002

>>> Jack,I believe that the proper rotation of the hips can create the spinning of the hips ,but spinning of the hips can also create the wrong lower body mechanics <<<
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> Hi rql
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> You may be right, but I have a hard time seeing the difference between the hips “spinning” or “rotating” around a stationary axis. One might say that the term “spinning” indicates a disconnection, or free-wheeling. But isn’t that what some coaches advocate – maximum separation before the shoulders rotate?
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> Jack Mankin

>>jACK,THE WAY i SEE THE M.L. SWING IS THAT THEY ALLGET THEIR LEAD FOOT OUT IN FRONT OF THEM AND USE THE LEAD LEG TO DRIVE THE FRONT HIP BACK ,AT THE SAME TIME THE REAR KNEE IS DRIVING DOWN AND IN,PULLING OR PUSHING OR WHATEVER THE REAR HIP FORWARD.THIS ALLOWS THE HIPS TO SPIN WITH GREAT FORCE TO ACCELERATE THE SHOULDER TURN.YOU CAN SPIN BY SQUASHING THE BUG AND YET GET MUCH LESS SPEED INTO YOUR SHOULDERS.YOU CAN HAVE TOO NARROW OF SPACE BETWEEN FEET AT TOE TOUCH AND SPIN BUT LITTLE LEG DRIVE PUSHING BACK AND DRIVING FORWARD WITH LESS RESULTS.I BELIEVE IN SEPARATION AND LEADING WITH THE HIPS AND I BELIEVE THEY SPIN FAST IF DRIVEN BY THE LARGE LEG MUSCLES IN PROPER POSITION.