Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Sun Mar 4 17:03:06 2007

> > > Can you please help explain what exactly CHP is, and how you achieve it? I must admit that your site is very confusing, and my 10 year old wants to learn rotational mechanics, but cannot. Please help!!
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> > CHP stands for circular hand path. In laymans terms this means making the bat head hook to the ball. This produces a "spring effect" by pulling the hands up and back in a slight coil which adds an upswing trajectory to the ball. The idea is to create a slight loft to the ball which increases the chances of lifting the ball for power. The power comes from taking a winding circular motion much like a windmill at an uward angle which helps the ball carry for more distance.
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> > Jack Mankin has attempted to show that top hand and bottom hand torque produce a quicker swing. It would make sense as to the fact that if one pictures a windmill with a rubber band that pulls a windmill arm back and releases it it should have the effect of making the windmill rotate faster than just starting the windmill from a set position. But the question lies in is this force actually taking place when a hitter brings his hands back. Maybe maybe not through observation. Each great hitter is not doing the same thing although it may look similar.
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> i think jack would disagree with your characterization of chp as creating a 'whip affect"...

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Grc. After reading the comments in the batspeed definitions I choose to edit my post. It is easy to get caught up in definitions when defining a concept. Therefore I would rather use a "spring effect" when creating the initial movement of the circular hand path.
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Grc. Thanks for the comment and perhaps Jack would disagree. Never the less I hold my position regarding my explanation.