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Originally posted by ctandc:
First off, I do not want to start long, drawn out (This guru is better than this guru etc) so if you disagree with what I post...just say you disagree.
Anyway, there is a local indoor facility that my son and I use, and many times my team during Winter sessions. So we go up there the other night to hit.
We're in the cage hitting and the cage next to me is an older guy working with a younger kid. I hear several cues (hips, rotation, some other things) and I was actually surprised. I just haven't heard it much in my experience, at least around here. I'm sure there are GOOD instructors around here, I'm just saying from my experience.
So I overhear a conversation where on guy is telling another guy the following:
"...now with the BBCOR bats, you can't depend on your hands to hit the ball. Now you have to use your hips and your body to generate the power."
Really? The BBCOR bats caused this? LOL.
I just had to share.
I have ended my self-imposed ban to respond to this topic. I'm going to try to stay off of the Hitting forum from now on, mainly because I don't need the personal nonsense.
BESR allowed you to hit with your arms, and your arms alone. It's why certain non-MLB patterns became so popular. Now that BBCOR is the bat standard, you need to learn how to generate power using the hips and hands. To borrow from a banned member, there are two engines, the hips and the hands. You have to use both in order to have an MLB swing. You have to swing with your back through "Loading in the Unload" and you have to learn to coil, stretch, and separate.
The axis of rotation is still close to the spine, and the shoulders still resist rotation (but move forward eventually because of the contraction of the oblique muscles). However, I would be careful about telling your son to launch rearward. There is NO MLB player (past or present) that pulls back with the top hand.
