quote:Originally posted by 4genball:
The lower half drives the hands and 90% of the problems with the hands stem from poor lower body mechanics. If you focus on the proper technique in your lower half, (the proper pivot/closed front side/square to the plate) the natural "hand/eye" ability of the athlete will take care of itself.
Kind of.
If your hands are wrong so will your lower body.
If you lower body is wrong your hands can't do what they need to do.
To 'fnd' the right fit....the right syncage (if that is a word) you must begin with the hands. Their handset and their function. And please do not confuse the hand function with arm function. Arms move the hands. The hands move the barrel.
The hands dominate the system. That is why mlb players constantly discuss the need to have their hands right.
The lower body is slave to the hands. Get the handset right....and the hand function right....and the lower body will respond properly....unless of course you've been taught that the lower body does something that it actually doesn't do.....ie.....stay closed until launch....then you are therefore trying to impose an improper lower body onto a proper handset/usage.....and you won't be happy with your results.
They both are important. They both can interrupt the success of the other. Once you are sure what is supposed to happen by each....the hands will control the process.
Give the hands the proper goal and the lower body will fall in line and help produce it unless there is a concscious attempt to inhibit the lower body or make it do something not 'in line with' what it will do naturally if allowed.