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I played today as well. Missed 3 21/2 ft. Putts today. 79. It wasn’t a bad day today at all. You do ok?
79 degrees w a slight breeze.. Hopefully you at least finished.
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Yes, 78. I have been the only one on the course the last 3 days. I tee off after noon and the heat was intense. Local radio said that the heat index was 116 at that time. The temperature itself was 101. I play 3 holes and sit in the shade for a bit. There isn't anyone coming so I don't have to rush.I played today as well. Missed 3 21/2 ft. Putts today. 79. It wasn’t a bad day today at all. You do ok?
79 degrees w a slight breeze.. Hopefully you at least finished.
Has anyone ever talked about Pujols flattening the barrel through contact?
What are the arms doing?
I hope your in a cart.
Can you explain "pelvic tilt to lateral tilt", please?
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Sure but it is pretty simple. Most good hitters have to have a degree of pelvic tilt when they take their stance. The degree of tilt forward from the pelvis depends upon the hitter. Sometimes, I tell my hitters to have a sense of subtly sticking their butt out as they bend at the pelvis. (If you watch inefficient hitters, often you'll see them bend at the back. NOPE. BTW, in golf, it is the same. Golfers who bend in the back often hit behind the ball.) As the hitter adjusts to pitch location, they take that pelvic tilt into lateral tilt. Lateral tilt is a part of hitter adjustment. Adjustment isn't just the role of the hands. Take a look at the backside of Pujols in these two examples. On one, the pitch is waist-high or slightly higher. Notice that he didn't have to have a high degree of lateral tilt (Backside) to adjust to the pitch. Then, look at the second example and notice a lot more lateral tilt. If a hitter doesn't have the ability to transfer pelvic tilt to lateral tilt, they are spinning. I hope that this helps or at least that it makes sense.
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Sure but it is pretty simple. Most good hitters have to have a degree of pelvic tilt when they take their stance. The degree of tilt forward from the pelvis depends upon the hitter. Sometimes, I tell my hitters to have a sense of subtly sticking their butt out as they bend at the pelvis. (If you watch inefficient hitters, often you'll see them bend at the back. NOPE. BTW, in golf, it is the same. Golfers who bend in the back often hit behind the ball.) As the hitter adjusts to pitch location, they take that pelvic tilt into lateral tilt. Lateral tilt is a part of hitter adjustment. Adjustment isn't just the role of the hands. Take a look at the backside of Pujols in these two examples. On one, the pitch is waist-high or slightly higher. Notice that he didn't have to have a high degree of lateral tilt (Backside) to adjust to the pitch. Then, look at the second example and notice a lot more lateral tilt. If a hitter doesn't have the ability to transfer pelvic tilt to lateral tilt, they are spinning. I hope that this helps or at least that it makes sense.
This is where cause and effect gets lost imo. I agree you need to have the chest over the plate or a bit of pelvic tilt. But the goal is to hit the ball.: the hands will orchestrate the goal.
As 1CA used to say, do you reach for the glass or do you extend up first? How about if you’re reaching down to get a pot? The hand will delay a bit. The body will support the action.
There’s an article about connection. Or what most thought was connection. I’ll try to find it. Just want your thoughts on it if you don’t mind.
