Thanks guys,
From the top the axis must tilt. Be so, the hips must slide either crossline or down the line before rotating. Possibly after the accident Hogan turned his hips as fast as he could but before that I find a hard time believing this from the video I have of him. In fact, I have some footage of hogan on VHS of him performing slow motion swings at Seminole. There is a distinctive sliding of the hips.
When working with juniors it is very difficult to get them to perform slow motion swings to incorporate the hip slide which enables the axis tilt which allows the proper sequence during the downswing.
For the life of me I can't figure out why some players grow up moving their arms and some grow up twisting and spinning. Unless the answer can be found in grip type. So that is where I am.
Flexible shafts, hitting balls off the knees, mirror work on the hip slide, hitting balls with a long dowel in the belt loops, Pivot drills keeping the bottom of the spine out are my basic defense for the throwing hips. I just need more medicine for these guys.
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