FiveFrameSwing
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Likewise, I'd recommend not getting lost in the recent buzz in "launch angle".
I'm all for "barrel centric" as well...as I define it, being consciously focusing on barrel path, and subconsciously controlling it with the hands/handle.Keep the hands up ... work/throw/swing the barrel down to the ball ... NOT the hands down to the ball, but the barrel down to the ball.
This is why I am personally more "barrel centric" as opposed to being "handle centric" ... but that's me.
I'm all for "barrel centric" as well...as I define it, being consciously focusing on barrel path, and subconsciously controlling it with the hands/handle.
I still have a big problem with "swinging down to the ball" no matter how it's spun, when the first movement of the barrel is in the opposite direction to the ball (if one teaches "turning the barrel") from the "Position of Power" that Hudgens teaches or the RVP "connection point position" as you post often (if I understand that correctly as being the same).
So how does one teach a kid to "swing down to (or even 'through') the ball" from their initial launch position, if the barrel needs to start heading in the opposite direction before turning "to" or "through" it?
I think your "Around" (and eventually "Along") is a far better representation of the barrel path, than any that by simple word definitions puts the wrong initial direction in developing hitters' minds.
"Barrel path" is key to getting the swing we're looking for, and anything that's "knob" or "hand" centric is a very difficult teach of the majority of young hitters to wrap their head around, and get correct. JMO...other's MMV.
I teach a knob approach. It's what makes most sense and most likely ensures a proper load and release of the barrel. Whip is the goal. You whip with the handle not the tip.
Golf instruction is very similar . If you have a club head centric thought. Your path will be anything but consistent . They attack down to on the inside portion of the ball with a handle dominant swing/release. Teaching whip of a barrel/club head is best understood from a handle/knob approach.
You use the knob/handle to whip not the tip.
Work=wins ... what is the 'base' of the whip you are describing? What is the 'tip' of the whip you are describing?
The hands and the barrel