LA LaFayete- Split Grip

[FiveFrameSwing]

Perhaps this is fake, but he doesn't mention anything about bringing his hands together here:

Ty Cobb's Hitting Tips - Be A Better Hitter

Did he practice what he preached? Do you have a video confirmation?

The video I have has him bringing his hands together before he launched the barrel.

 

[Lobster Birch]

Also, there's film of Cobb on YouTube clearly using a split grip throughout his swing, so I'm pretty much sold on the idea that he did use a split grip.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Also, there's film of Cobb on YouTube clearly using a split grip throughout his swing, so I'm pretty much sold on the idea that he did use a split grip.

Excellent .... let's see the link.

 

[Lobster Birch]

You can see about an inch of space between his hands at around six seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsCwiX1k4b8

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

You can see about an inch of space between his hands at around six seconds.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsCwiX1k4b8

That isn't what I see. I see the hands together with no space.

Keep looking. I've looked at a fair number of Cobb's swings ... haven't seen it yet ... but I'm open to real data if you have any.

 

[Lobster Birch]

Yeah, I don't see hands together in the still above. I don't even really see hands. But if you watch from that point on, into his extension, space between his hands can be seen.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Yeah, I don't see hands together in the still above. I don't even really see hands. But if you watch from that point on, into his extension, space between his hands can be seen.

Hmm ... okay .... you don't even "see hands", yet you claimed there was a space between them.

Lobster, video after video shows that Ty Cobb did not swing with a split grip. Of course that doesn’t stop people from believing the opposite. There are folks that simply refuse to accept the portion of the video that shows him bringing his hands together before he launched the barrel. They simply pretend that it isn’t happening … but the video doesn’t lie.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

According to some people, this here isn't happening .......

p.s.
Lobster ... the above GIF was created from the link you provided. Your own data shows the hands being brought together.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Also, there's film of Cobb on YouTube clearly using a split grip throughout his swing, so I'm pretty much sold on the idea that he did use a split grip.

Not to worry Lobster.

What you demonstrated is common in this sport.

Folks believing that they “clearly” see what they don’t actually see.

It’s why the Hanson Principle is so important. It’s a simple filter that can help filter out faulty information.

Hanson Principle:
“Always compare what anybody tells you about the swing to slow motion clips of the best hitters in the world”.
-- Mark Hanson

 

[pctrips]

For what it's worth I don't see how anyone can definitively tell if there is a gap with Ty Cobb or not based on those videos/images. That doesn't change the fact that you don't see it in MLB hitters now.