A lot of people argue against taking the hands down to the ball. A lot of people also say keep the hands high and TTBAs opposed to what? Nobody is saying (I don't think) that when swinging at a moving ball the hands just stay put in space and just rotate about a point..
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So TTB doesn't include a hand path which moves in space?? IMO problem becomes when the hands are just pushed across the body without any rotational component to them (whether that is due to an active torquing or something else).
All I'm saying is Judge is taking his hands down to the ball... this is not an argument against TTB.
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I know, I am also not arguing for it. All I am saying is that his hand path in that swing doesn't seem to be abnormal to me.
Do you believe he is taking his hands down to the ball?
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His hands start near his ear..where else is going to take them?
Julray,
In a perfect swing and viewed from the pitcher view the hands stay in the plane of the shoulders. The posture creates a tilt toward the plate and creates a lower back shoulder as the hand path is created. This creates a hand path that is down, although in a perfect swing the hands stay in the shoulder plane created by the torso tilt.
I say perfect swing because the hands can make adjustments.
In a perfect swing and viewed from the pitcher view the hands stay in the plane of the shoulders. The posture creates a tilt toward the plate and creates a lower back shoulder as the hand path is created. This creates a hand path that is down, although in a perfect swing the hands stay in the shoulder plane created by the torso tilt.
I say perfect swing because the hands can make adjustments.
IMO his hands are in plane with his shoulders in this swing. So shoulder plane is created by torso tilt... but does the hands determine how much the torso tilts?
