Posted by: Teacherman () on Sun Nov 18 16:56:16 2007

Tricky wording there Jimmy. lol

""top hand is not on the bat at contact supplying some force.""

Is that necessary to get out of the trap?

An interesting change from "his top hand must be driving the bat-head at the point of contact."

From "driving the bathead" to "supply some force".

lol

I can supply without driving....as long as it's already been driven.

As in.....the driving has already happened....at "go"....now I'm supplying it....at contact.

Large difference.
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It's the difference between a whip and brute force.

Brute force's energy is supplied to and through contact. Mlb hitters do not do that.

Whip is the force being created BEFORE contact and then "supplied" to the ball.

You must whip the bat to hit at a high level.

You must be able to "cusp".

A "cusp" has no application of force by the top hand at contact.