Posted by: () on Wed Nov 24 16:56:49 2004

Hey Teacherman,GRC,Jeff and other skeptics, I think we all understand top hand torque, even if you don't. I think it's time to move the discussion forward to bottom hand torque.
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> Do the hands really torgue at all in the swing???? Or are they simply strong clamps that hold onto the bat???
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> Definition: Torque, n. [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr.
> torquere to twist.]
> 1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as
> worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans,
> and Britons.
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> 2. [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.) That which tends to
> produce torsion; a couple of forces. --J. Thomson.
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> 3. (Phys. Science) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn,
> or cause to turn, about an axis.
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> What is your point?