i think a hitter should be slightly more away from the ball at setup to give him some more room between he and ball. Don, you might be crowding the ball a bit. Also, at setup, i suggest dropping the right shoulder a bit more than you do now, kinda shoving it slightly down and towards ball as well. Get that?

just my thoughts.

Solarbear - based on some of the answers in your posts, it sounds to me like you may have a setup problem. How is your shoulder alignment? I'd guess you may have them setup more open than square and/or you have a right forearm that is too high at address (which can be open shoulders and/or a bad right hand grip).

I dunno.

I would suspect my grip is ok.

Not sure how to respond to the shoulder query or the right forearm too high as I not too sure what would be considered high. From where I am looking shoulders look square, but I could be wrong.

something I noticed this weekend regarding running out of right arm. Make sure you are not sliding the hips on the backswing. I actually keep the right side of my foot slightly off the ground to make sure I turn and don't slide. If you slide to the right, you've effectively taken yourself further from the ball and it can be difficult to get back. Just a thought..

The hip action is slide-turn in the backstroke.... it is very crutial that you do this....

Just maintain the stationary head and keep the balance inside the feet as you do this....

There seems to be alot of contrasting info on the Hitters hip action.

Perhaps someone really knowledgable can explain it simply for all us newbies.

I would just like to have it spelled out for me, really clearly and in good detail. I keep reading things that just do not match up. Or maybe I misread them, because the language is not clear.

And everytime I tinker with my hips based on what I have read somewhere, I screw it up. Last time I tinkered with my hips I hit 2 weeks of fat shots, till my pinky knuckle turned purple and swelled up beyond belief. Finally, using a broomstick and wailing on the ground with it for about 2h, I worked out that it was the hip action causing all the fat shots and not a hand action.

Hard to sound like a warrior when the pinky is the culprit. I still feel your pain.

Uhhhh . . . Nah . . . Toooooooo EASY!!!