Posted by: rql () on Sun Oct 24 19:48:04 2004

>>> I really do not know what Mr Nyman means by some terms but in my opinion [1] I believe in tht
> [ 2]I do not believe scap load is tht though some believe that it keeps happening through tht.I feel it is a way of loading certain muscles to more completely apply tht
> [3]I believe in the chp I do not like the term flail,just my opinion.
> [4]I believe the bow in bow arch happens during the load phase before bht ever begins ,I believe in bht and I belive the arch of bow arch happens to help bht by use of the lower back muscles as the lead shoulder pulls back in bht.
> I am not saying I think anyone else thinks this but this is my opinion I have come up with from viewing the ideas of the 2 men in question and I thank them both for the work they have done. <<<
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> Hi Rql
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> I am sure you have more thoroughly read Paul’s material. I therefore bow to your interpretations. My questioning of ”scap loading” came mainly from his animated drawings. It shows the bat-head accelerating back toward the catcher as the forearm was being pulled back from loading the scap. I asked several times if “scap loading” was just to load the muscles for the swing? Or, was it also to accelerate the bat-head, as with Pre-Launch Torque and THT, which Paul claimed, did not exist. I never received a clear answer.
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> Jack Mankin
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Jack, To me it is to load the muscles for the swing so you can apply tht more completely,[no slack].Some feel that the scap load is also going on during the application of tht and it may be; but the key to it for me, is that the muscles get in the right position[power position] to apply tht.There are a number of [power positions] along the swing but they come back to being connected as you have pointed out.