Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Fri Dec 19 13:37:35 2008

>>> As CHP, torque, and shoulders turning all the way through contact, who does this, what hitter, what pitch. What might appear to be the shoulders turning through contact, is mostly follow through, and this is after the deceleration of the hips/torso/shoulder and lead arm. Which accelerates the the bat to it's peak velocity.

Mankin saying that the lead arm pulls backwards, or lead shoulder, near contact is a deceleration of the lead arm and shoulders. It isn't to turn through contact, unless the pitch was inside and then it might appear that there was less deceleration.

If you don't transfer the energy into the bat, the only thing a CHP or turning all the way through contact will do is spread out the bat speed throughout the motion. You will not achieve your best bat speed or highest velocity, because there isn't enough deceleration to funnel the energy completely into the bat. <<<

Hi Shawn

I have a couple questions regarding the theory that the bats maximum angular displacement rate is due to the deceleration of the hips/torso/shoulder and lead arm. -- First, let us address the bats angular acceleration due to taking the hands being taken in circular path. If I were to swing a ball around on a string, would you say the ball would continue to accelerate as the hands angular acceleration continues to increase? Or, would you say the balls maximum speed occurred because the hand began to decelerate?

I have the same question as it applies to torque. Consider a 4-prong tire wrench. Would you say the maximum turning force is being applied as the opposing forces are increasing or decelerating?

Jack Mankin