  We perform a comprehensive analysis of the polarization of the top quarks
originating from sbottom-pair production at the LHC, followed by sbottom decays
to top+chargino. We study moreover the expected net polarization of top quarks
produced in sbottom-to-chargino and stop-to-neutralino decays in scenarios with
small chargino - neutralino mass difference, where these decays may be hard to
distinguish. We show that, in contrast to top quarks produced via the Standard
Model processes, the average polarization of top quarks originating from these
SUSY decays can obtain any value between +1 and -1. We further study the effect
of this polarization on the top quark decay kinematics. On the one hand this
may be used to construct measures of this polarization, on the other hand it
may be used to enhance the search reach in certain scenarios. Exploiting top
polarization may also prove useful for searches for "natural" SUSY with light
higgsinos, which is typically very difficult to detect at the LHC.
