FiveFrameSwing
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'top down, bottom up' is another one of those forum quotes that get's thrown around. My personal opinion is the hands are the 'trigger' in the overall sequence. I do agree with your differentiation between 'lead' and 'fire first'. Another question that has been discussed at length is if the hips actual 'fire' or are they 'fired'?
Hmm ... in my opinion the notion of the 'hit the ball with your rear hip' is to prep the torso in preparation for the 'hands'. In other words ... while I respect the feel that the hand are the trigger, there is a setup action needed ... and so one doesn't really time the ball with their 'hands', but with their torso. While I have used MB's cue effectively, my preference is for the move-out to be about setting up the torso to 'pull' ... and I've found that when I get this installed in a hitter that I don't need such cues as hitting with the rear hip.