Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Sat Dec 1 18:26:23 2007

gerge said :

"to open up your front foot & thus your front side before the foot strikes the ground will
result in a loss in torque power generated"

I would say that most good mlb power hitters start opening the front foot (externally
rotate front leg) and the front hip BEFORE stride toe touch while at the same time NOT
"opening the front side".

They open the front foot and hips BUT at the same time keep the hands and shoulders
back to avoid "flying open" and pulling off the ball.

They do this by well synched upper and lower body actions that turn the body back and
create coil which usually does NOT usually involve keeping the front foot or even the hips
closed.