Geez it seems that the same people that were giving me a hard time on here for fussing with Rich are now doing the same thing...Hmmm when its your kid that's the latest topic you tend to change your view on the subject ..Isnt that right RDBASS???
Whos next Lenski? Lets see if Lenski would change his mind also! Funny how this works!
I didn't change my view just pointed out a false statement. I have shown/posted my 'work'.
The entire process from when the pitch is thrown until contact is approximately 400 milliseconds or 4/10 of a second. As soon as the ball leaves the pitcher's hand, the hitter is looking for it and immediately starting to determine speed, direction, and trajectory. He then continues to read the pitch until the ball is approximately 20 feet from home plate. At that point the impulse to swing must occur. While the initial reading of the pitch is occurring, is the hitter doing anything else? Is he not utilizing this initial information in order to prepare his body and hands to swing at the ball? Why wouldn't he? If the hitter is able to gain any information in that short window, it seems reasonable to me that the brain will utilize that information to it's advantage (Direct-Load). Then when the swing begins, hand/eye coordination gives us a bit of a head start.
I've stated that while a hitter is watching the ball in the air with his eyes. A hitter is loading and preparing(direction/directing) his hands and body to swing(launch). All of this loading is creating a corner from which to swing from behind. The swing is launch from behind the corner with a direction in mind. Behind a corner the hitter can now fine tune the direction or abort the swing.
I don't understand why the 'eyes' directing setting up/loading the hands and body is a bad thing. It doesn't mean I'm directing the hands forward,dropping the bat level, on plane early, or bleeding my corner. It just means I'm putting my hands in a better position to hit the ball.
If my logic is incorrect feel free to correct me.