Bat Path

[TDS]

Swinging down

 

[james27503]

Not that I would use him as a model, but his rear hip gets pretty open.

Hip will open more on pulled inside pitches. It has to.

 

[Bobby Shirer]

This is what I have been saying ever since I made the discovery when prompted by Julray. I knew just swing down alone wasn't it. There was this chopping, but where and how. I found by lucky experimenting that I could chop from the bat lag position and my swing was awesome and effortless. So there had to be two big concepts, get to bat lag and then chop. Chop means direct path, straight to the ball as possible. No loop, nothing but straight and direct.

The Ortiz video blast video really describes it all. Get to bat lag and chop. Notice how from the bat lag position he is on a direct path to the ball already.

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Can you post the stills from the 3 or 4 frames before and after this "lag" position, please? I want to see how long he maintains the "lag" position and the bat path to lag and from lag to the ball.
Can you, please?

 

[Bonesaw]

Can you post the stills from the 3 or 4 frames before and after this "lag" position, please? I want to see how long he maintains the "lag" position and the bat path to lag and from lag to the ball.
Can you, please?

 

[Bobby Shirer]

All I see in the video and the stills that could be created from it is that the "lag" position is only a freeze frame of a specific point along the circular path to the ball. The bat doesn't "lag" in a high level swing.
I going to freeze a frame of a different position and call it the "z" position just to show that taking things out of context can distort what's really happening.

 

[julray]

Is the barrel released prior to lag position?

 

[fanboi22]

All I see in the video and the stills that could be created from it is that the "lag" position is only a freeze frame of a specific point along the circular path to the ball. The bat doesn't "lag" in a high level swing.
I going to freeze a frame of a different position and call it the "z" position just to show that taking things out of context can distort what's really happening.

no wrist deviation at 0:50 when the barrel is pointing straight back? Has to be because the forearms are ahead of the elbow.

 

[Buttermaker]

:56 side view hands have passed rear hip and barrel still above hands. Definitely radial deviation at this point. Barrel has not been released yet

 

[Bobby Shirer]

no wrist deviation at 0:50 when the barrel is pointing straight back? Has to be because the forearms are ahead of the elbow.

The entire swing is throughout the :50 second time frame. Can you post a freeze frame of the point you're referring to?

 

[Bobby Shirer]

Is the barrel released prior to lag position?

Please define "released." Is it like when I let my beagles off the leash and they run free out of my control?