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Shortest or quickest.....?
Quick is short and vice versa. Has nothing to do with hand path.
Shortest or quickest.....?
Quick is short and vice versa. Has nothing to do with hand path.
The hand path is one thing discussed in a short swing, but the barrel path is also seen as one of the aspects of a short swing.
When I speak of a 'short swing', I generally mean that the hand-path is such that the rear-arm passes through an upright-vee with the top-hand relatively 'close' to the body ... as opposed to having the top-hand being relatively far away from the body ... i.e. the 'short-to' in the phrase 'short-to, long-through' ...... ***AND*** that impact is made relatively deep in the swing ... as in the rear-arm being in an 'L' orientation ... such that the rear-arm is transitioning towards extension ... out of a 'Vee' formation, through an 'L' formation, and towards extension. To me, a long-swing is a swing in which someone attempts to hit too far out front ... something I see from a lot of young players just learning.
Quick is short and vice versa. Has nothing to do with hand path.
Quick is short and vice versa. Has nothing to do with hand path.
When I speak of a 'short swing', I generally mean that the hand-path is such that the rear-arm passes through an upright-vee with the top-hand relatively 'close' to the body ... as opposed to having the top-hand being relatively far away from the body ... i.e. the 'short-to' in the phrase 'short-to, long-through' ...... ***AND*** that impact is made relatively deep in the swing ... as in the rear-arm being in an 'L' orientation ... such that the rear-arm is transitioning towards extension ... out of a 'Vee' formation, through an 'L' formation, and towards extension. To me, a long-swing is a swing in which someone attempts to hit too far out front ... something I see from a lot of young players just learning.
I think of quick and short as synergistic though not synonymous, so I think I understand why you say that. I think a hitter, especially one learning, could for example, turn the barrel and still be lazy with the rear leg axis as you put it, and be less quick.
I'm not quite sure why you say hand path has nothing to do with it, though. You've probably seen a young one extend their arms and swing a bat with a big loopy motion like they're following the bottom half of a circle. So I think of hand path among other issues. Do you say that because you don't want a hitter focusing on pushing or pulling the hands or knob versus turning the barrel? Do you feel hand path is more of a result of the barrel turning about the rear leg/hip pivot point and or rotational/centrifugal/centripetal forces or something to that effect? Honest question, I don't say that to set you up or pretending to know any more than you.
I agree with this ^^^ and would add that length created by a looping hand path which breaks down the upright-V too early (i.e. DBSF) would also fall in the category of a "long swing".