MTS asked:
Tom, is handle torque really the ability of the front scap to reverse direction and start the swing? And not let the front arm/shoulder stretch?
MTS -
This depends on the way you sequence the swing motion. IF you use the scap in the official PCR connection pattern, your description is a reasonable one:
Englishbey quoting Nyman:
Quote:
"The utility of the box (my interpretation) was emphasize that at the initiation of the swing, the shoulders, arms, hands, bat move as a single unit i.e. connection.
Demonstrated in ironnyman simulation:
However, this is the wrong description of what happens in the MLB pattern swing sequence. The mlb swing needs better early batspeed and late adjustability than is possible with this sequential middle out PCR swing.
In the MLB swing the bat is uncocked while the hips open to coil the body whiile the hands stay back and the shoulders stay closed.
Scapa are loaded not just horizontally (pinch back/unpinch front) bit more importantly VERTICALLY, tilted down in front so that when the already Bathead is accelerated more at GO, the shoulders can untilt to acclerate the bathead (crerates video landmark "rearward blur", there is additional coil/load/"front side stretch" created before unloading of torso.
So scaps have to load horizontally and verticall and "swing" (establishing turning of bat between hands as bat starts to uncock./untip) starts before they unload.
Then when scaps unload, it is primarily the vertical untilting that assists in finishing the torso load while the scaps are connecting firmly to the torso.
Scaps can not be actively turned without "rushing"/interrupting torso load/coil/cusp which is what makes the swing quick and controllable late for max read time and optimal plane matching.
Front scap can be pinched late to hook for inside on apporach to contact.
Back scap needs to STAY pinched until contact or there will be deceleration which makes timing error unacceptable.
2 entirely different patterns, much like the experienec in golf where the single and 2 plane patterns have been found to be very different/incompatible.
Tom, is handle torque really the ability of the front scap to reverse direction and start the swing? And not let the front arm/shoulder stretch?
MTS -
This depends on the way you sequence the swing motion. IF you use the scap in the official PCR connection pattern, your description is a reasonable one:
Englishbey quoting Nyman:
Quote:
"The utility of the box (my interpretation) was emphasize that at the initiation of the swing, the shoulders, arms, hands, bat move as a single unit i.e. connection.
Demonstrated in ironnyman simulation:
However, this is the wrong description of what happens in the MLB pattern swing sequence. The mlb swing needs better early batspeed and late adjustability than is possible with this sequential middle out PCR swing.
In the MLB swing the bat is uncocked while the hips open to coil the body whiile the hands stay back and the shoulders stay closed.
Scapa are loaded not just horizontally (pinch back/unpinch front) bit more importantly VERTICALLY, tilted down in front so that when the already Bathead is accelerated more at GO, the shoulders can untilt to acclerate the bathead (crerates video landmark "rearward blur", there is additional coil/load/"front side stretch" created before unloading of torso.
So scaps have to load horizontally and verticall and "swing" (establishing turning of bat between hands as bat starts to uncock./untip) starts before they unload.
Then when scaps unload, it is primarily the vertical untilting that assists in finishing the torso load while the scaps are connecting firmly to the torso.
Scaps can not be actively turned without "rushing"/interrupting torso load/coil/cusp which is what makes the swing quick and controllable late for max read time and optimal plane matching.
Front scap can be pinched late to hook for inside on apporach to contact.
Back scap needs to STAY pinched until contact or there will be deceleration which makes timing error unacceptable.
2 entirely different patterns, much like the experienec in golf where the single and 2 plane patterns have been found to be very different/incompatible.
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