If You HIp Thrust....YOU AUTOMATICALLY....Push The Barrel

[Teacherman]

Fact.

Whether you believe it or not.

This....



...is not Hip Thrust...as in....I must extend my hip.

It is simply a RESULT of taking a SnF'd swing with a rearward turned barrel to the ball. the stretch is released upward....because that is where the ball is.

IT IS NOT an aggressive thrust of the hip upward by the muscles that thrust the hip.

[Teacherman]

They look and look and look for the truth....but can't see what is right in front of their face.

[Fastpitch Coach]

Teach....Its to late for them to admit they were wrong. How would that make them look? Howard may know it but his dopey sidekick Staight-Idiot he truely doesn't know. Hes still at BBD trying to learn about hip coil and they are blowing him up with BB/A$$. Its a site to see! This guy is to damn dumb to know that we know he charges kids for the half baked crap hes teaching them. How can you miss such a valuable component in the swing? HOW??? Maybe Howie can show up at the next college signing and tell the parents how much money he saved them. COMPLETE AND TOTAL DIP SHIT! Ohh but I think those are a thing of the past! The advantage Howie and the gang had was in the area ...NO ONE WAS GIVING LESSONS! It was all new 10 years ago!

[jryan15]

A harder push will hit the ball harder if you hit it. Balls that wouldn't get through before, now get through. Balls to the warning track may now go over.

HOWEVER.....PUSHING KEEPS THEIR SOLID CONTACT RATE LOWER THAN WHAT IT COULD BE.

So true!!! And sadly representative of almost ALL hitting instruction in my state... Optimizing and strengthening push mechanics will make kids hit better. Distance will improve and contact rate will slightly improve as a function of strength. However a lack of HI mechanics leaves SO much opportunity on the table.

When I discuss HI mechanics, I tell people to think of those few balls that get squared up perfectly. Then I ask them to imagine what it would be like if every hit was like that... That is the beauty of HI.