Posted that at BBF too but I'm curious what you think too.
I know tewks is a big fan of an independent back elbow, meaning that the back elbow drops, while the hands stay up or even go up more. for that to happen you need some external rotation in the back arm.
However in pros I noticed that to different degrees. pujols is the poster child of the hands going even up as the elbow slots. trout however drops his elbow maybe two inches without the hands moving and then the elbow goes down with the hands. he has much less ER in the back arm. is there an advantage to either pattern? dropping the hands with the back elbow can lead to a pushy swing and less getting "behind" but trout obviously does very well. what do you think?
I know tewks is a big fan of an independent back elbow, meaning that the back elbow drops, while the hands stay up or even go up more. for that to happen you need some external rotation in the back arm.
However in pros I noticed that to different degrees. pujols is the poster child of the hands going even up as the elbow slots. trout however drops his elbow maybe two inches without the hands moving and then the elbow goes down with the hands. he has much less ER in the back arm. is there an advantage to either pattern? dropping the hands with the back elbow can lead to a pushy swing and less getting "behind" but trout obviously does very well. what do you think?