question about swinging and hitting

[Erik_K]

After reading Brian's article on the downswing (he encourages an axis tilt) I came across some videos at Yoda's site where he is talking about swinging vs hitting. He talks of moving the right shoulder 'straight down plane.' He made some comment about not doing an axis tilt (or perhaps that is just something that happens naturally and you don't want to overdo it). Yet, Brian seems to really advocate axis tilt on the downswing and from that same Yoda video, that tilt seems to favor swinging. Any ideas/thoughts to clear that up?

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

I know the video you are talking about and i think Yoda was trying to demonstrate that axis tilt can be "overdone" and some people "strive" to get there and that is the wrong idea.

However if you simply drive the right shoulder DOWNPLANE you will have as much axis tilt at impact that you need. Make sense? The "axis tilt" is the RESULT of a proper right shoulder downplane movement.

 

[Brian Manzella]

Simply put.

The right shoulder moving DOWN plane should move the tailbone toward the target WITHOUT moving the head,

THUS...

Tilting the axis.

But, often, you must MAKE the tailbone move by rote...or make the left shoulder go up and back or strecth the left side or 1000 other 'tricks' that might CAUSE the above to happen.

 

[Erik_K]

makes sense now. It's the action of the right shoulder moving down plane. That clears it up for me. Thanks Jim and Brian.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Sure...brian helped me get the idea by telling me to uppercut someone with my left shoulder

 

[Brian Manzella]

The 'throw the drunk off your back' trick.