Posted by: () on Tue Feb 8 19:59:49 2005

If you pause the very last frame in these pages:
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> http://www.batspeed.com/mech07.html
> http://www.batspeed.com/mech08.html
> http://www.batspeed.com/mech09.html
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> you will understand what I mean. It appears as if the man is almost pushing the bat away from his body (with his back elbow slotted) in order to achieve a CHP.
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> You say that shoulder rotation accelerates the bat perpendicular to the flight of the ball, but shoulder rotation can also drive the bat directly forward--or linear mechanics. What other forces are being applied besides shoulder rotation? Do the arms deliberatly move the bat in this direction, perpendicular to the line of flight?