Posted by: dougdinger () on Sat Nov 6 20:06:56 2004

We still haven't started the discussion on pre-launch torque. I've been trying to figure it out and it's keeping me up at night. I've been fiddling around with a bat, and I may have gotten it, so I'll take a stab at it. Please correct me if I'm wrong:

You are striding, inward turning, and bringing the hands back to, or just past the back shoulder. The back elbow is elevating. The point where the back elbow reaches it's highest elevation is just before the stride foot toe touches. As the toe touches, the back elbow starts downward, which causes the top-hand to pull the bat in plane, and starts the bathead to arc back toward the catcher, slightly. As the stride heel drops, the back elbow comes down to the side causing the top-hand to apply and add more torque to the bat, and the shoulders start their rotation. The swing is now on autopilot, and BHT will happen by itself.


I still can't find any swing clips. If you or anyone else has any clips (preferabbly Bonds) that shows good PLT, please post it. Thanks.