So is the torso being in control and doing most of the work, creates the reactive torque which creates the scissoring?
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Back leg scissoring
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The core torque is done reactively through the sequential load. But the decel(scissoring) is done actively with the back leg or front hip. I find it easiest to use the back leg.
The force is produced and used very cleanly and efficiently. All this is happening so fast during launch that it is hard to see. It’s easiest to see on outside pitches because of the longer arc of swing.
Look at the pelvic tilt into launch. Major deceleration checkpoint. That’s the hips turning and stopping. Not sure if I answered your question?
This isn’t something that is used for more ‘force’. It’s used to be as tight as possible in your ‘turn’ and direction. Force production imo is reserved for athleticism, strength, intent and overall skill level. I am not a proponent of swing your hardest. I am of the school of put a good swing on it. For some that would be 75%, for others it might be 95-100%. Everyone needs to find their best ‘operating’ speed.
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Throw a frisbee or a bat as far as you can. Your hips stop or decel or if you throw it real hard reverse rotate and the shoulders get catapulted/rotated/ flung/whipped. The shoulders are of course connected to the arms/hands holding the bat. Some would say that then the hands decel and the bat/barrel then gets whipped. And it might be true for some hitters, not all.
Also part of the reason for the scissoring is the body seeking balance. (naturally)
But trying to teach a 10 or 12 year old girl to scissor is a tall order.
Girls that have participated in gymnastics, dancing and/or martial arts have a advantage when it comes to core strength and balance and may scissor naturally.
WW said I find it easiest to use the back leg. I am interested. Please explain.
Also part of the reason for the scissoring is the body seeking balance. (naturally)
But trying to teach a 10 or 12 year old girl to scissor is a tall order.
Girls that have participated in gymnastics, dancing and/or martial arts have a advantage when it comes to core strength and balance and may scissor naturally.
WW said I find it easiest to use the back leg. I am interested. Please explain.
Miggy did it a lot:
The idea of the hips being a piece in the kinetic chain which you have to work is a flawed idea. Miggy shows that to be true.
Scissoring is not for everyone. It is not an absolute. It’s just helps transmit force through the system faster/cleaner. It gives the core its tightest quickest X factor load/unload due to the restraint of the radius of rotation of the core.
It can help create a better feel. Its doing less while creating more. One must move from the middle though. One must be balanced. One must have a good sequence. Otherwise scissoring will inhibit the hitters abilities.
I teach them to get balanced/sequenced first. Then I will teach them a reciprocal movement to enhance their rotation acceleration and kinetic ‘chain’.
It can help create a better feel. Its doing less while creating more. One must move from the middle though. One must be balanced. One must have a good sequence. Otherwise scissoring will inhibit the hitters abilities.
I teach them to get balanced/sequenced first. Then I will teach them a reciprocal movement to enhance their rotation acceleration and kinetic ‘chain’.
WW said I find it easiest to use the back leg. I am interested. Please explain.
This would be a deceleration of the pelvis.
Watch the pelvis slow down and stop and thrust, in turn the core/chest speeds up and stops. And the lead arm is catapulted towards the ball, lastly the hands decel and the bat is whipped through the ball.
The feeling is the core ‘launching’ and the hips deceling or stopping which in turn catapults the core forward. Reciprocal movements or ‘balanced’ rotation. Which can sometimes create ‘reversed rotation’.
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