Posted by: ray porco () on Mon Apr 21 19:59:10 2003

Jack,

You’ve replied to Bart, and you’ve replied to Teacherman. I can only ask more questions.

In your reply to Bart:
“Another key finding to come from the study was that two very different types of swing mechanics could apply torque.”
Question:
Are there only two?

Again, in your reply to Bart:
“By far, the most common way to apply torque was for the batter to drive the top-hand past the bottom-hand as the lead-hand slowed. I termed this as linear mechanics because extending the top-hand from initiation produced a straighter hand-path.”
Question:
What if you drive the top-hand past the bottom-hand as the lead-hand slows, BUT do not extend the top-hand FROM INITIATION? What if you only extend it past the bottom-hand in the mille-second before contact?

Is it your belief that there are two, and only two, types of swing? Answering for you, is another reply to Bart:
“The second type of mechanic that applies torque to the bat does not have the batter fully extend the top-hand before contact.”

Are there no degrees of driving the top-hand past the bottom-hand? Is it either, only from initiation or not? Can you not have both a circular hand path AND a top-hand that drives past the bottom-hand just before contact?

ray porco