Turning the barrel 5

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Jan 6, 2009
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What do you mean by 'fairly' direct to the ball. Stan is turning the barrel to the ball with his hands. His hands are above the ball at contact. He does match the plane of the ball with a good barrel path. He does have a low 'finish'.
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I mean his hands path is fairly direct, or level, or maintain the same height. They are fairly direct to the ball.
 

ian

Jun 11, 2015
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Yes, but I also believe it's good to state where/what they were bending down from or with.....
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....so as to remove any confusion of bending at the waist as some talk about vs bending in the knees as they actually did.

I think they talk about bending at the hip not the waist.
 
Jan 6, 2009
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Chehalis, Wa
5frames,

This is their idea of efficient mechanics, I'm on the look out on the efficiency of the swing plane.

All the body's segments operating in a continuous, dynamically balanced state in the best possible, place, time and order.
 
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