"Tip it and rip it"

[JJsqueeze]

tip it and rip it meant something completely different in college.....just sayin.

 

[Eric F]

tip it and rip it meant something completely different in college.....just sayin.

Ahh...I can almost remember those days...

 

[rdbass]

tip it and rip it meant something completely different in college.....just sayin.

Cow tip/tipping did that but, the rip. You lost me there. Crazy college kids.

 

[T.J.]

tip it and rip it meant something completely different in college.....just sayin.

I'm laughing so hard now!

 

[coach james]

During the stride and the hands are coming back, doesn't the "tip" happen naturally? Or is this something that's a forced action?

 

[Doug Romrell]

During the stride and the hands are coming back, doesn't the "tip" happen naturally? Or is this something that's a forced action?

I would argue that it's definitely a forced action. Go back to post #19 and look at that clip. There's a definite flop-forward of the barrel that is forced, IMO.

 

[rdbass]

I would argue that it's definitely a forced action. Go back to post #19 and look at that clip. There's a definite flop-forward of the barrel that is forced, IMO.

I don't think it happens 'naturally'.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Absolutely ..... the hands will be much more functional that way.

When a hitter does this they make life so much easier for themselves. They give themselves the ability to control the barrel at swing initiation ... they give themselves an opportunity to correctly capture transition of the barrel ... they give themselves a chance to launch the barrel using their hands correctly. Pretty tough to use the bottom hand correctly without this ... not impossible, just much tougher ... and if you use the bottom hand correctly, then the top hand is more able to work correctly.

 

[Doug Romrell]

When a hitter does this they make life so much easier for themselves. They give themselves the ability to control the barrel at swing initiation ... they give themselves an opportunity to correctly capture transition of the barrel ... they give themselves a chance to launch the barrel using their hands correctly. Pretty tough to use the bottom hand correctly without this ... not impossible, just much tougher ... and if you use the bottom hand correctly, then the top hand is more able to work correctly.

I think of it as activating the barrel before the pitch is identified--having the barrel already moving into the "turn the 'C' " as the pitch is identified. I love what this does for the hitters of mine who are using it. Others have even started asking me, "Should I do that?"

 

[rdbass]