Posted by: Mark H. () on Mon Nov 11 13:25:56 2002

>>> Regarding the barring of the lead arm, I find it depends on one's definition of barring (at least to some extent). Here's a link to a thread demonstrating this.
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> http://www.baseball-excellence.com/sbaseballforums/viewmessages.cfm?Forum=1&Topic=1796
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> Mark H. <<<
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> Hi Mark
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> I agree with you that the term “barring” can be a matter of interpretation.

This is why I try to explain it in terms of a tight connection from the bottom hand to the front shoulder that doesn't depend on arm muscles to tranfer the rotational power. Does Bonds bar his arm in clips three and four of the linked series of stills? Depends on your definition, but he darn sure has a tight connection from the bottom hand to the front shoulder through the early part of shoulder rotation after which he tightens the arc (your tightening hand path or final arc).

Mark H.