And I am saying that "launching" is simply a rotation of the hands forward, and the elbow connecting at the hip. For the bat head to "launch", it would have to change immediately the relationship to the shoulder, and angle to the hands, and to the "box" of the arms. There is no separation of those elements in any of these videos. Without that separation, there is no "launch". The bat maintains that relationship until the hip, or pant seam. The back elbow, and the initiation of palm up palm down create the bat angle in the zone, not some intentional response by moving the bat head.
I have a question related to my question above. You see #24 take a swing at two pitches in two different parts of the strike zone. Two questions: Where does he complete extension in each? You can look at the first set or second set, doesn't matter. Cabrera doesn't have perfect backside rotation, but where is his core orientation in each?
I have a question related to my question above. You see #24 take a swing at two pitches in two different parts of the strike zone. Two questions: Where does he complete extension in each? You can look at the first set or second set, doesn't matter. Cabrera doesn't have perfect backside rotation, but where is his core orientation in each?
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