- May 3, 2014
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OK, gotcha...that's kinda what I figured
My youngest DD has problems with this right now...
I've been working with her alot on tying her lower half to her upper half.
It's slowing working, but it's taking some time.
Sometimes when she swings the bat, it's literally comical as to how separated her lower half and her top half are.
When the separation is at the waist you will get what you describe. It may work for slow pitch and/or golf but won't help hitting good pitching.
The separation point needs to be at the rear hip joint. The rear leg is doing the pulling while everything above resists. The separation occurs when the hitter learns to tilt at the hip joint and not turn off the rear leg. When the torso provides enough resistance to create some tilt the rear leg will snap through
It is not an easy thing to see when done correctly, but it's here.