Posted by: dougdinger () on Mon Jul 26 15:21:12 2004

I think I understand the concept of THT well, but I just don't understand how to apply it. Do you apply "top-hand" torque with your "Top-hand" or is it a result of proper hip and shoulder rotation and it all falls into place? Cause lately I've been trying to create torque with my hands and it feels more like an arms only swing and I either cut my swing short or cast out, and my upper body rotation isn't full, so I feel more like a Juan Pierre hitting only singles and grounders.
So if I just keep my hands back and let the shoulders deliver the hands and bring the back elbow to the side at initiation, does the torque automatically apply to the hands? If the front shoulder is rotating back toward the catcher it pulls the front arm and hand in the same fashion, and the back shoulder is rotating around toward the pitcher, is that where the push-pull action (torque) comes from? In simpler words, I'm suppose to keep the hands back and once the front heel comes down, just rotate the upper body and focus on getting the bat inline with the pitch? On the old Mechanics section, the Launch Frame (Frame C) said "All slack has been taken out of lead arm so that any rotation of the shoulders will cause a corresponding acceleration of the hands." So it sounds like the shoulders creates the hand speed (thus torque) and I'm doing the opposite, creating (or trying to) torque with the hands and the shoulders are left behind. Am I right with my understanding. Any drills to help correct this problem-like the heavy bag? I think I might still have some old linear habits that haven't been fixed.