In the simplest sense, the Power-Core 360 product immediately teaches body awareness and rapidly develops motor-skills.
So many times a coach will “tell” an athlete how to perform the mechanics of a swinging or throwing motion, but the athlete has difficulty converting the concept into a fluid, efficient body movement. Typically this is because many developing athletes, even top level athletes, don't know where their body is in-space (don’t have good body awareness).
Specifically and most importantly, athletes who participate in rotational sports movements that require hitting or throwing motions, need to know where their hips and pelvis are in-space.
Because the movement of the pelvis is so critical to the development and execution of the 1) correct mechanics, 2) mechanical sequence, 3) timing and 4) power of a swinging or hitting motion, an athlete must know how to move their pelvis in very specific ways.
Before they can move their pelvis, they first must be able to feel where their pelvis is in-space (have good body awareness). The Power-Core 360 harnesses immediately let an athlete learn the feel for where their pelvis is in-space and how to move it to correctly perform (develop the correct motor-skill) hitting and throwing motions.
Feel
Hip Harness
As the athlete uses the Power-Core 360hipharness, the movement of their pelvis against the elastic resistance bands stretches muscles and move joints. (Muscles and joints have movement receptors in and around them which give immediate feedback to the brain when the muscles stretch and joints move).
With movement, the brain quickly distinguishes what body parts are moving and can coordinate, develop and refine specific hitting and throwing movements (develop the correct motor-skill). When using the hip harness, the athlete then feels the stretch of muscles in the legs and around the pelvis, as well as the movement of the hip joints moving and spine.
Learning Through Feel
As the athlete feels the movement of the legs and pelvis, they can accelerate the learning of the correct pelvic movement, movement sequence, timing, etc... They accelerate learning by repeating the same movement over-and-over until the brain learns the specific motor or movement pattern.
Torso Harness
Just like the hip harness, the torso harness immediately lets the athlete know where their upper torso is in-space; so specific movements of the abdominal area (core), lower-back, spine and upper body can be felt and specific movement patterns can be rapidly learned.
Sequencing and Timing
Coil, Load, Backswing...
In hitting and throwing motions, (for right handed hitters or throwers) the shoulders typically turn first, turning to the right away from a stable pelvis. When this occurs correctly, the core or abdominal muscles (which connect between the rib cage and top of the pelvis) are stretched. Depending on the sport, this motion is often referred to as the coil, backswing or load.
Forward motion, Downswing...
In correctly sequenced hitting or throwing motions, the next phase of the movement (the forward motion or downswing) is triggered or initiated by the movement or turn of the pelvis to the athlete's left. As the pelvis turns to the left, the core abdominal muscles pull the rib cage, spine and upper body to the left as well.
When the upper torso turns to the left, the shoulders are sequentially turned to the left as well. Since the arms are connected to the body at the shoulders, the turn of the upper body and shoulders sequentially pulls the arms through in front of the body next.
So simply stated, the correct mechanical sequence for hitting and throwing motions is 1) pelvis, 2) upper torso and 3) arms.
Harnesses and Sequencing
When both the Power-Core 360hip and torso harnesses are on, with the X-Factor straps connected and tightened between the hip and torso harnesses, as the athlete turns, they will feel a "connected feel" between the pelvis and upper body.
As the forward swing or downswing occurs, (due to the orange strap) the turn of the pelvis to the left will pull on the orange strap. Since the orange strap is connected to the torso harness, the turn of the pelvis to the left will pull on the orange strap and in-sequence this will pull and turn the torso to the left as well.
The athlete will feel the sensation of how to keep the torso turn connected to the pelvis turn. So very quickly the athlete learns how to correctly move, sequence and time the pelvic and upper torso turn.
Integration
To add to the already impressive value or benefit of the Power-Core 360 product, what's really great is how the properly sequenced and timed body turn can be integrated with a hitting implement or ball.
For example, baseball or softball players can add the bat to the movement training sequence and actually hit live pitches; golfers hit balls, hockey and lacrosse players use stick. Similarly, volleyball players or other athletes throw or hit a ball with their hand.
Integrating the use of an implement and/or ball maximizes carry-over and learning into the actual sport skill. This moves the use of the Power-Core 360 product away from the "drill" and into true motor-skill development and enhanced sports performance.
