Plain and simple, I find that my front side oblique, hip, glute etc doing most of the work or engaged more. I'm not saying my rear side doesn't do anything, I just find my strong side working harder and my strong side is the front side.
What Causes the Hips to Rotate in a HL Swing?
- Thread starter julray
- Start date
Welcome to Discuss Fastpitch
Your FREE Account is waiting to the Best Softball Community on the Web.
Don't play anymore, use to play at a high level and I had a very good slap shot. Sorry don't get a chance to toot my own horn on hereYou must not play hockey then..........
I'm talking rear leg is THE DRIVER.......not WEIGHT.......And the weight shifts to the front side during the slap shot....not before the slap shot.
. Rear plays a part for sure, torque occurs around the front skate, leg, hip. Of course the weight shifts during the shot.. Back foot becomes weightless well be contact with the ice.
Okay. Can't say I agree with that. But it has been so long since I batted lefty... When I was a kid I didn't even know what an oblique was... When I swing now, I feel my entire core is involved. But there is a definite feeling of power from my rear leg.
LOL, neither did I
It's too bad you can't remember. To me it seems like a hitter like Mookie Betts uses his front side a little more.. However that doesn't really support my theory since I assume he's right side dominant who also bats right. Just wondering if most leftys who are right side dominant tend to use their front side more to power the swing
When I play golf my obliques are more sore than any part of my body
- Jul 29, 2013
- 1,200
- 63
Jumper 1 on left leg under her body. Jumper 2 loading into front leg. Jumper 3 extends that loaded leg converting energy from run into vertical motion. The leg in the air doesn't apply force it's been off the ground since jumper 2.
Yeah...OK.....High jumper LAUNCHES with the rear leg.
- Jul 29, 2013
- 1,200
- 63
Obviously launch and contact are 2 different things. Duh.
You can't powerfully launch until front leg makes solid ground contact. Manny clearly has his front leg planted before he launches his swing. He's transferring the weight into that front leg. Best way to transfer the weight/ energy is to unweight/lift the rear leg. Because the legs work in tandem, most folks see the rear leg as the driver but it is becoming unloaded to transfer the energy into the front leg. Psychologically, if you focus on lifting the unweighted leg, which is able to be moved more quickly, you simultaneously, quickly and powerfully, load the front leg.
If the energy has been used prior to contact, what energy gets transferred to the ball?
- Jul 29, 2013
- 1,200
- 63
The point of the comment was to suggest you try to hit off your back leg while raising your front leg and then try hitting off your front leg while raising your back leg. Both are possible but I think you'll find hitting off the back leg is a weak position and hitting off the front leg actually adds power.I know a 2 legged golfer would hit further than a 1 legged golfer. But, that is what you asked now is it.
No he doesn't:
Try taking a slap shot and you will see.
- Jul 29, 2013
- 1,200
- 63
[And the pQUOTE="rdbass, post: 520072, member: 2269"]
Yeah...OK.....High jumper LAUNCHES with the rear leg.
[/QUOTE]
And the planted leg applies the power, not the elevated leg. In a baseball/softball swing the rear leg is elevated to transfer the power into the front leg.
The point is that driving the rear leg forward is actually transferring the power into the front leg. The rear leg movement is unchained and doesn't apply any rotational force other than momentum. The front leg applying offset force on the pelvis is the main driver of the rotational force.
Yeah...OK.....High jumper LAUNCHES with the rear leg.
[/QUOTE]
And the planted leg applies the power, not the elevated leg. In a baseball/softball swing the rear leg is elevated to transfer the power into the front leg.
The point is that driving the rear leg forward is actually transferring the power into the front leg. The rear leg movement is unchained and doesn't apply any rotational force other than momentum. The front leg applying offset force on the pelvis is the main driver of the rotational force.
- Jul 29, 2013
- 1,200
- 63
Correct...Manny Ramirez, not Miggy Cabrera.
Whether the leg reaches full extension prior to contact is debatable.
Point is, the front leg is extending and driving the corresponding hip backwards creating rotation. No hitter hits with any power against a weak front leg nor do they hit off their back leg.
