Posted by: what creates the torque? (dominik.keul@uni-duesseldorf.de) on Mon Jan 3 18:12:50 2011

Hallo guys,
I have a question about the handle torque. I know it's a push-pull action of the hands. however I see most hitters having their hands not actually moving in comparison to the shoulders. the top hand is not actually pulled back it stays at the same distance in relation to the back shoulder.

but still there are torquing forces on the handle.

could it be that the rotation of the shoulders and elbows create that torque without the hands moving independently? because I don't see a lot of independent hand movement the swing seems to be "connected" to the back shoulder.

there are also theories out that the torque comes from rotation of the forearms around it's axis. the top hand supinates at initiation which causes the barrel to be turned to the catcher without the hand acutally moving back in comparison to the shoulder. so the flattening of the hands is the torque.

which one is correct?