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In Jen Yee's blog post Here - she asserts that hip rotation allows for extension of the arms through the hitting zone.
I can think of another activity that if the hips rotate first will allow for proper follow through (extension) - overhand throwing.
We kick around a lot of ideas on this board, but if you can get a hitter to rotate the hips ahead of the shoulders you are far on your way to developing a good swing. In golf it is called the X factor stretch - but it is applied to hitting and throwing.
Sometimes we over complicate things a bit - don't we?
Another reason for opening our hips all the way is so we can create an elliptical motion with our swing. When our hips are rotated a full 90 degrees, the top hand is able to reach out farther towards the pitcher, as shown below in Figure 1. This reach is called "extension through the hitting zone," the more extension, the better chance of hitting the ball.
I can think of another activity that if the hips rotate first will allow for proper follow through (extension) - overhand throwing.
We kick around a lot of ideas on this board, but if you can get a hitter to rotate the hips ahead of the shoulders you are far on your way to developing a good swing. In golf it is called the X factor stretch - but it is applied to hitting and throwing.
Sometimes we over complicate things a bit - don't we?