Would this crude drawing spell out the differences of the direction of the rear hip?
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Would this crude drawing spell out the differences of the direction of the rear hip?
If I drive North, then circle toward the East, then circle toward the South, the circle toward the West, then circle toward the North, I may think I'm moving in the same direction (forward) but I certainly am not.
I coil my hip backward while loading; I hold that coil (load) until I'm ready to unload (uncoil).
One can imagine a feeling anyway they wish but to communicate it to a player you have to at least maintain some logic. I understand this is the Technical thread but this falls outside of Technical.
Which is why I would never attempt that approach!
Just looking at the batter he used as a model is all I need to see to understand that the hip most certainly rotates differently than the way it is described. One can't continue to hold a coil, the hip must rotate. That is just the basic mechanics of a swing. There is no pure linear nor pure rotation.
I'm surprised jbooth hasn't come on to help clear this up.
I believe that depends on the direction of your hip. The muscles tighten either way. Different muscles, but more or less the same area.
When I think of coil I think of winding up; away from the pitch.
You are still headed forward unless you put it in reverse. The vehicle is still headed forward. Is a tire on a car that is moving forward always moving in the same direction? What if I put a mark on the tire? The mark moves from the bottom, to the front, to the top, to the rear and then to the bottom but it is still moving in the same direction. It doesn't change direction until the vehicle stops and restarts in reverse.
So, you just tell players to turn their hips closed and then when ready unturn them really hard?
Because he would tell you that the rear hip moves in a linear fashion and that the spine gets shifted back out of the way and that technically the hips turn around the lower spine but the lower spine is shifted out of the way which allows the rear hip to follow a somewhat linear path.
He would also tell you that the rear femur moving down and forward under the rear hip forces the pelvis open.
Away from the plate and then keeps going the same direction and then eventually winds up going back to the ball from the inside.
I'm not so sure he would tell me that the femur is moving the hip; rather the hip is causing the femur to shift. If the femur were moving the hip through leg drive wouldn't the leg have to be straight rather than bent at the knee as all batters' knees are?
PLEASE TRY just one of the things I have asked!
Put your weight on your rear leg. Turn in your femur/knee. Resist turning your rear side lower back. Your hip goes forward!
I'm not so sure he would tell me that the femur is moving the hip; rather the hip is causing the femur to shift. If the femur were moving the hip through leg drive wouldn't the leg have to be straight rather than bent at the knee as all batters' knees are?