Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Mon Feb 9 10:34:50 2004

jack I think the swing plane is somewhat of a chicken/egg problem as far as the role of the torso(chicken) and arm/bat/hands (egg) are concerned.

The bat must swing in the momentum plane.If it were a ball on a string,this plane would have to be perpendicular,but it's not,it's human soft tissue/muscles/bones.

Again I would defer to the findings in golf(another thing to look aout for on your friendly golf channel is an infomercial for the "swing jacket" endorsed by Peter Jacobsen-and studied with Zig's skilltechnology which forces "connection"/circular hand path without otherwise interfering/changing the swing).Getting good separation/xfactor stretch and staying connected as the body coils and uncoils will end up smoothly accelerating the club into the power/momentum plane.Another requirement seems to be that the plane of the back swing (loading/bat cock in hitting) must be steeper(club more vertical) so it drops onto a shallower plane as last bit of coiling occurs,then creates/is in momentum plane(with stable axis of rotation) when the uncoiling/momentum transfer happens.

So it isn't like the torso sets up the momentum plane,then the arms and bat swing into it.The body coils and the torso/scaps/arms/bat all lock together for the last bit of quick coil(xfactor stretch) and then revers into plane IF connection(CHP) is set up and maintained.