Posted by: Kevin Chase (acechaser@aol.com) on Tue Nov 16 18:56:05 2004

>>> Jack - I own your video and Tom Emanski's. What do you think of Emanski's presentation regarding "radial deviation of the wrist" ("cocking" of the left wrist for a right-handed batter)? <<<
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> > Hi Kevin
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> > Sorry, I do not have his video nor do I have any knowledge of why "radial deviation of the wrist" is important to him.
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> > Jack Mankin
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> >I have that video. If you put your hands in the contact position and move them back to the launch position you might find it is more natural when the bottom hand/ wrist has the forearm flexed. It might add a small amount to the power within the kinetic chain to be in a hand position to release more through contact. It also has an effect on the starting grip. ( You cannot fire what is not cocked) Small mechanical advantages get amplified in the swing process.
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> I found Emanskis tapes interesting but I took me a while to see his objective. The basic components are there just express differently. He did little to help you understand what he was doing and why.
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> He basically puts the bat in a cocked launch position( bat barrel parallel to the lead upper arm). He then keeps it there and has the player rotate his hips through and then swing. He is widening the x angle to create torque. You see a nice one piece move. At first, it looks like he is using "squish the bug/ back foot" mechanics as you notice the rear knee go parallel to the ground before the swing starts. But he has the lead thigh weighted enough that it is active at launch.
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> He puts you in the frisbee drill position basically..... which is fine if you were told what was happening. It took me 5 more years post purchase to do that.
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> Donny Buster

I agree that Emanski doesn't provide theory. However, as you say, the basics are there and are presented in understandable fashion.