Just wondering what everyone out there thinks . . . what comes first in the swing, the hands or the hips?
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Why isn't this in the hitting forum?
Neither, the inward knee turn of the back leg comes first.
Tuzigoot, I got video that says different
Oh ya, well you might have videos, but I have DVDs, and my DVDs are better than your videos. 
huh?, I thought we would talk about hitting, by the way knees are made to turn inward.
Regarding the movement of hands: some hitters will move their hands back at the time of the stride and then usually load, others will stride and then wait to move their hands back during the load (usually at the release point of the ball by the pitcher) and still others will start with the hands already in the hitting position. Movement is good to break inertia but when to move them is critical. Case in point is Ivan Rodriguez who suffered like I have never seen him suffer and if you watched his hands he had bad timing of his hands moving back. "After" the release and during the flight of the ball he would first go back when he swung forward...too late. It wasnt much but it was enough to throw his timing off. Needless to say his lack of hitting was sorely missed by the Tigers. I do agree that this is probably more suited for another forum.
Huh? spike
Ok never mind....
Inertia is movement. No?, in my opinion Rodriguez slumped primarily due to pitch selection, St. Louis did a tremendous job of speeding up his bat. It wasn't until the last two games that pudge started hitting to the opposite field and found his success.
I believe inertia is when you are stopped and the resistance of your body to start moving. When you are already in motion you are quicker than if you start motion from a still position (which is why hitters like to have some hand movement prior to the swing). My opinion is that with Rodriquez's little hitch at a time when it's too late to do so caused him to have the ball travel too deep and that is why he hit (when he did hit) to the right side (weakly)- not due to good hitting of an outside pitch which you are suppose to let it travel deeper into the hitting zone or even good inside-out hitting. I know this forum is not for hitting technique so I'll cease with my hitting opinions.
Spike, that would be overcoming inertia. Nevertheless, we agree to disagree.