More questions on DBSF and the 12-to-6 swing

BTW the swing is never really 12-6 unless you want to hit a ball that would hit your knee

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he swing is always a disc starting at the front shoulder and that disc is tilted.

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CoogansBluff said:

So, is adjusting to pitch height a matter of adjusting the disk angle?

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rdbass said:

Really...

I picture this 'disc' and not the 12-6 I'm picturing:

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yes, if it was pure 12-6 the bat would move straight down and not towards the plate.

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dominik said:

BTW the swing is never really 12-6 unless you want to hit a ball that would hit your knee. the swing is always a disc starting at the front shoulder and that disc is tilted. if the pitch is high that disc is almost Level and if the pitch is low that is tilted closer to 12-6 but never really 12-6.

the steepest angles are about 60 degrees down on really low and in pitches.

here is trout who is about the closest to 12-6 that you can get
JABO: Mike Trout Has a New Trick | FanGraphs Baseball

however it can help to think 12-6 on low pitches because centrifugal force tends to pull the bat angle up (just like a chair swing ride)

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Eric F said:

dom - 12-6 refers to where the acceleration of the bat occurs. The clock face (disk) may be tipped at different angles for different pitch locations, but the acceleration remains in the 12-6 zone.

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4 girl's dad said:

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I think what Dom means is the it's not a straight up and down clock/plane. It has tilt.

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dominik said:

yes that is what I meant.

Are you guys talking about actively accelerating the bat from Launch to "lag"?

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