Interesting... Using TTB as the trigger sounds very close to HI to me, but maybe Buttermaker or Spartans can correct me. I was raised as a "hands" hitter from when I was young (long before I joined any of the forums), so there are aspects of Chappy's stuff that I find interesting. It just resonates with stuff my mentors talked about. Thanks for the discussion DRDRODD. Good stuff...
Yea it does that is why I wrote flattening & torquing also, different strokes for different folks. I was trying to use the terminology that people on this forum are used to. I view turning the barrel as a flatting process to get on plane before the release. IMO there is no dying that the barrel is arching while this is taking place so I see where Turning the Barrel also makes sense. Isn't the stretching process the storing of kinetic energy? That is ultimately the point I am trying to make the body will support the role of the hands. When the brain tells the hands to smoke the ball, the hands will change the direction of the barrel and the body knows to release the stored energy.
By flattening and torquing, are you referring to a "running start"?
The video is just talking about the slack removal process aka "walking away from the hands" or what ever other term people use to describe that.
Let me try and describe the trigger analogy again. The video showed JR walking away from the hands or pulling back with the scap how ever you want to look at it. He is removing the slack in his body. During this time he is also resisting with his pelvis as his rear leg is turning inward aka "coiling". This creates a rag ring affect in the rear Hip Joint Socket (coiling/loading). When he decides to launch his swing his hands start to turn the barrel, apply torque to the handle or start to flatten the barrel depending on how you look at it but the important thing is the direction that the bat is arcing. The barrel is arching away from lets say Right Center for a RH hitter and Left Center for a LH hitter. While this arcing is taking place the stretch throughout the body is still increasing due to the direction of the arcing. When the hands decide to turn the barrel into the ball " The Trigger" the stretch that was created is released without any conscience effort from the hitter "Gets Fired". I know that this probably doesn't make any sense to you what so ever but that is the best way I can describe it. The stretch is released when the hands tell it to be released.
OK, I think I get what you mean by the hands being the trigger now. I'm not sure if I agree or disagree; I truly don't know enough to have an opinion on this. It wasn't what I originally thought you meant though.
I'm assuming you've seen that Donaldson MLB Network piece where he dissects his swing. I think you disagree with his view on the role of the hands, right? Again, not trying to prove you wrong or anything. I truly am just trying to learn where everybody's coming from.