- Apr 11, 2015
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Agreed. I think the problem lies in over-manipulating the bat with the pronation/supination of the forearms that some thought was the rage years ago (might still for all I know).
If you TTB naturally, then trying to TTB will have a negative effect. You will release the barrel to soon. If you look at the young me, I TTB without any thoughts.
If you loop, dump the barrel and uncock the hands, then TTB and creating a deep rotational point for the hands will be problematic.
Yes, I fell for this over-baked voodoo for a short time years ago, and it wasn't pretty (the swing, and the eventual ugly exit from that website). So I understand the rancor some still have for the term "TTB" if/when it's being thought of or getting taught in the above manner.
But I think that's like throwing the baby out with the bath water, because all HL hitters do TTB to the ball, they just don't turn it in the ill-fated teachings shown above.