Posted by: ray porco () on Mon Apr 21 20:35:25 2003

Teacherman,

“Therefore, it is also my contention that, although you feel the energy in the hands on it's way to the barrel, there is little or no pushing of the barrel by the top hand toward the pitcher. This pushing, if it exists, is the beginning of disconnection.”

From your post, Mon Apr 21 06:12:30 2003:
“But, at extension, when the hands stop and the barrel whips around, the batspeed is significant.”
If the barrel is to whip around, is not the top-hand pushing and the bottom-hand pulling?
Are you saying that “whip” ONLY occurs when the hands become disconnected? “Whip” only occurring when a straight hand path, a linear hand path is employed? That “whip” cannot occur if a circular hand path is employed?

ray porco