Posted by: () on Mon Apr 21 20:20:46 2003

Jack,
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> You’ve replied to Bart, and you’ve replied to Teacherman. I can only ask more questions.
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> 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.”
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> 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?
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> ray porco
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Truth be told, you are right. But measuring things by "degrees" is an impossible task. It is impossible to see with just our eyes, and it is equally impossible to teach and execute. At the basic level, you are either one or the other. Even if you do it just a little, for simplicities sake, you do it completely.