I see that 45 degrees appears to be an average derived from many other averages. There is no magic number but certainly a range of accepted norms.
Hips open or closed?
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I see that 45 degrees appears to be an average derived from many other averages. There is no magic number but certainly a range of accepted norms.
WillyT- I will f/u with this in your thread but want to post here as well in case you don't see it later. Listen to the first 25 secs of the youtube video below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOSMekIrI6c
I pitch for fun and to be a better teacher. What I've noticed in learning is when I focus more on my stride leg, heel to toes, staying loaded with a good push, it's much faster then if I focus on pushing with my drive toes only.
I know not everyone is the same but the glove side is overlooked lots of time.
I hate tacos- said no Juan anywhere
I know not everyone is the same but the glove side is overlooked lots of time.
I hate tacos- said no Juan anywhere
Answer is both. Check the videos in this thread.
Sure it can. The rotating hips transfer energy to the torso (leading since all athletic motion begins in the COG) then rotate further after the rotating shoulders begin to rotate the hips again during follow through. Check the video
Seems like you answered you own question.
BTW, your internet voice is familiar. Have we met?
Exactly. The stall is the hips giving up their energy to the torso.
Apologies. I thought you'd said you've seen a lot of instructors who teach it.
I haven't seen it myself, but I did chat with an instructor who does teach this. We're hoping to connect sometime to talk about pitching. What I've run into a little more often is the "slam the hips into release" or, "slam the door."
Again, I'll try to say it more clearly: Have we met? Yet to be answered...
I haven't seen it myself, but I did chat with an instructor who does teach this. We're hoping to connect sometime to talk about pitching. What I've run into a little more often is the "slam the hips into release" or, "slam the door."
Again, I'll try to say it more clearly: Have we met? Yet to be answered...
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Do any of you guys know anything about ...what they call West Coast Pitching... Guess it has something to do with the hips & release ???
