Understood Shawn... when I hear body is slave to the hands I think of hands lead the way and the body will react appropriately... I don’t agree with that. Body supports the hands, absolutely, but the hands aren’t the boss.
Agreed, I’m just saying it can be viewed as a top down action. I’m not saying as I was taking swings my lowerbody didn’t become more involved. I was becoming more aware of my body as I progressed.
As you can see my body actions actually improved with the thought of using the hands. Instead of trying to turn the lowerbody that creates a sequence to the next body part. Which eventually works it way into the upperbody. My hip rotation is actually worse in kinetic chain swing, due too faulty thinking. My old actions create chaos in the swing as I try to use the body.
I've got it!!!! As Mars Blackmon once said, "Its gotta be the shoes!". In the first video you are wearing "slides" (slip ons). In the 2nd video you are in actual shoes.
I could go on and on how hitting in slides just completely throws off the kinetic sequence of TTB and coiling on the axis plane hindering the scap load and stretch at the time of foot touch...which DUH then throws off the linear and rotational hand positioning causing severe bat drag and casting around all while hitting down on the ball with a negative launch angle, not to even mention the complete inability and ineffectiveness of squishing the bug....but you guys all know that already.