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To believe this is to deny all video I have ever seen of a high level pitcher. Very surprised that this is taught by this individual.
Well, disappointing people seems to be a specialty of mine these days. Maybe we are lost in translation somewhere, but IMHO if the hip goes first, then the ball/hand must go around the hips, often pushing the ball "inside" to the pitching arm side of the catcher. Ex: RH pitcher will throw inside to RH hitters. I also think this is the leading cause of bullet spin and bad spin on riseballs.
I think I know where our problem and communication breakdown is coming from. Do I think the hips will be at 45 degrees as the ball passes through? No. But I do believe the hand should go through first. Pitchers who don't do this often WHACK themselves on their side and throw inside. Are we disagreeing about the semantics of being "open" or that the hand passes the hips before closure?
Bill