With the merry go round, I just meant the idea of it spinning quickly and throwing something off of it. It's a tight pivot that builds energy and then releases at the right time it into contact. Extending the arms to soon is like getting off the merry go round too soon
Illustration of centripetal force (red vector labeled FT, the force of tension in the rope). When the rope is cut, the centripetal force (tension in the rope) will no longer act on the object. So it will no longer be kept in that circular path by FT and will fly off on a tangent.
With the merry go round, I just meant the idea of it spinning quickly and throwing something off of it. It's a tight pivot that builds energy and then releases at the right time it into contact. Extending the arms to soon is like getting off the merry go round too soon
Illustration of centripetal force (red vector labeled FT, the force of tension in the rope). When the rope is cut, the centripetal force (tension in the rope) will no longer act on the object. So it will no longer be kept in that circular path by FT and will fly off on a tangent.
I agree that's why not a fan of 'deltoid drill' or bat on shoulder.Imo, the connection that many folks perceive to see is best realized by not trying to be connected.
I agree that's why not a fan of 'deltoid drill' or bat on shoulder.
Wasn't there a hitting 'system/belief' like this 'connection. I'm thinking PCR.....Posture, Connection, & Rotation.
Please tell me more CB... thanks.
turnin2, how have you been? I don't want to hijack this thread with my thoughts so, I'll be brief. I've come to think that the hands get a running start in what I call, "pulling the bow back." The "tip and rip" aspect of what I teach then helps make my player's hands active but efficient. I do believe that they come into a relationship with that back shoulder and ride that relationship for a brief time. How long? I just don't know and am not ashamed to say so. Then, those hands, "come off the merry go round." I don't think that they leave that relationship equally on all pitches and so, the hands help with adjustability. (Adjustability is not a word. LOL) I no longer care to argue the swing with anyone. There are too many experts out there that want to argue their philosophies when, if fact, they haven't done nor do anything with hitters. I seem to run into that a lot lately in my area. I'm ok with being an "ex expert" and saying that I don't know a thing about hitting. BTW, I was told such this past week when one guy said that I might produce great hitting baseball players but none of my softball students will ever hit due to what I teach. You know, the vast difference between a baseball swing and a softball swing. LOL