Perfect swing 6?
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I see the bat angle change with upping the intensity of the 'hip thrust' )for lack of a better descriptor) that increases tilt. You seem to see the bat angle change with the twitch of the core (not wanting to put words in your mouth, trying to honestly reflect your thoughts) that elevates the lead arm. I don't disagree the lead arm elevates in this scenario (or that the core 'twitches') but don't agree on the primary cause of it.
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FiveFrameSwing
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What do you believe elevated the lead lat?
Do you believe that the lead lat being elevated results in the lead shoulder elevating, which in turn pulls the lead arm? I do.
The torso-engine is meant to communicate with the barrel ... and that takes place largely via the lead arm. You write of a "hip thrust" ... which I am not completely clear of ... but if it is meant to describe what I am describing, then it's action should communicate to the barrel ... and as I am suggesting, that communication will largely occur through the lead arm ... compliments of the torso-engine.
I'm saying in my view a more aggressive lower body action -- hip thrust, driving the lower body more aggressively -- tends to create more tilt angle at rear hip that in my parlance (AND IF the hands are working correctly) sucks the barrel more behind and through. In aggressively driving the lower body the chain then causes the core to activate which also lifts the lead arm. In that way I think we are seeing/saying similar things. But for me the change that results in ball exit angle change starts with changing the degree of tilt in the rear hip/leg.
FiveFrameSwing
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We may be saying similar things. I tend to feel you are placing a focus on the rear hip, whereas I am taking a broader view and view the rear hip as being part of a larger torso-engine. I would not want ... and I believe you would not want ... a rear hip thrust to not communicate to the barrel ... you are instructing that hip thrust for a reason ... and you want that communication to the barrel ... as do I ... so for my part I teach a torso-engine as opposed to an isolated hip-engine. Whatever gets your hitters performing is what matters.
