Posted by: THG () on Wed Jun 11 13:32:10 2008

> > >>> Others like myself, believe there's certainly top hand involved, I just don't subscribe to the existence of top hand "torque". <<<
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> > Hi John
> >
> > For clarification, do you believe the hands applying force from opposing direction (torque) at the handle is a factor in generating the angular acceleration of the bat-head?
> >
> > Jack Mankin
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> Jack:
> You have prompted me to think about hand torque.
> I think hitters would generate more torque at a point bewteen the hands if the hands where seperated in the grip as much as practical, similar to how more torque is placed on a nut by using a wrench with a longer handle. Have you ever explored grip techniques with some separation between the hands (as unorthodox as that might seem)? Am I way off base in thinking about your hand torque ideas?
> Brenden


Question to go along with Brenden's point. How is THT BHT applied to an aluminum bat if the bat does not bend like a wood bat? Or how is stress but on an aluminum bat in the THT BHT example.

Also, one would likely think that maple bends less than wood. So that would mean THT BHT would apply more to a wood bat than a maple bat. But yet more people feel maple hits a ball further than wood.

So it would sound like surface hardness is more important than application of torque.