Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatsped@aol.com) on Sun Mar 16 17:37:40 2008

>>> Pretty hard to dispute that hand path isn't it Jack.

Remember....it was your clip. Your choice. You used it to define the high level swing plane. And in the clip you chose....the hands leave the rotational path and "go to the ball" <<<

Hi All

Regarding the path of the hands I stated the following, “The rotation of the shoulders rotates the lead-arm, hands and knob in circular paths to the contact zone. This circular path of the hands (CHP) induces angular acceleration of the bat-head (The Pendulum Effect). This is a key to eliminating “bat drag.”

Teacherman says that is not the case. He says “the hands leave the rotational path and "go to the ball". Let us look once again at the clip of Giambi and see if the rotation of the lead-shoulder continues to pull the hands in a circular path to contact.


Giambi – CHP & No Wrist Roll

Jack Mankin