Posted by: Teacherman () on Mon Dec 16 11:43:45 2002

Williams and others have said to let the hips lead first. How do you do this? I mean when I swing my first reaction is swing and the bat is in my hands not my hips. I guess what I'm saying is that if I consciously start hips first by the time I then start the hands and so forth it's too late to hit the ball.In other words from a mental point of view how do I rid my self of the thought process of hands first and instead hips first?

You first must realize that the swing is a core body movement with much less movement from the hands and arms as is generally believed. The hands and arms should be connected to a rotating torso. Their movement is much more a result of the moving torso than their moving independently on their own. Once this concept is understood it is much easier to start the swing with the body/hips/torso with the connected hands coming along with it.