- Apr 11, 2015
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Good gracious, it's like I stepped into a "way back time machine", and I'm back in the "bat lag is a teachable checkpoint of the swing" component that I thought was already settled to just be a simple "pass through" moment in every swing...or "check swing" or "take".
As soon as the hands, and bat/barrel start to move (towards catcher, the plate, or the pitcher) the relationship between the two will start to change, and thus start creating a "V", "radial deviation (RD)", "hinge angle", or whatever other word(s) we've come up with.
But regardless of terminology the changing relationship is an "effect" of other actions of other moving body parts, and is not (or should not be) some specific teaching modality that the hitter is supposed to do a certain way or really ever focus on for that matter.
IOWs, if you're focusing on, and/or teaching anything to do with the barrel/hands/forearm relationship at the "bat lag" part of the swing...you're wasting yours and your hitter's time, and looking in the wrong area for your swing instruction. JMO...YMMV.
As soon as the hands, and bat/barrel start to move (towards catcher, the plate, or the pitcher) the relationship between the two will start to change, and thus start creating a "V", "radial deviation (RD)", "hinge angle", or whatever other word(s) we've come up with.
But regardless of terminology the changing relationship is an "effect" of other actions of other moving body parts, and is not (or should not be) some specific teaching modality that the hitter is supposed to do a certain way or really ever focus on for that matter.
IOWs, if you're focusing on, and/or teaching anything to do with the barrel/hands/forearm relationship at the "bat lag" part of the swing...you're wasting yours and your hitter's time, and looking in the wrong area for your swing instruction. JMO...YMMV.