- Jun 8, 2016
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Just nitpicking with your use of the phrase conservation of energy, e.g. you cannot just use that phrase to describe a good swing. Conservation is conservation. All swings conserve energy just like all swings conserve mass and satisfy balance of linear and angular momentum. In other words the fundamental laws of a continuum apply to all swings. If you want explain things mathematically, to determine the best swing mechanics for a given pitch, one would have to solve a optimization problem which would use the optimum batted ball statistics (exit velocity, spin rate/axes and launch angle) as the goal and satisfaction of the fundamental laws of a continuum as a constraint (along with a time constraint). Good luck with that. Luckily the human body is amazing and some people are able to figure that out pretty well (with the help of their instructors in some cases..or despite the help of their instructors ) without the use of continuum mechanicsNot all conservation of energy is the same. The better the conservation, the better the swing.
Some will leave the ground early. Some will launch the barrel early. Some will open up to early.
The key is to do less while creating more. Conservation of energy.
Happy Holidays Pattar.
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