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I ask that regarding the nonstop, continual, broken record playing of....
"the big muslces of the body versus the small muscles of the hands".
THAT ALONE....that statement....is one of the best indicators of someone who hasn't swung a bat since childhood. And for damn sure, someone who has never swung to duplicate the high level pattern.
SPEED is the issue. QUICKNESS is the issue.
You won't find them in 'the big muscles of the body'.
What you'll find, in the big muscles of the body, is an excellent support system for what someone must do to swing in the high level pattern. What you'll find there, is support for the goal. You won't find the main driver. You'll find a boost for the driver.
The driver is.....the forearms.
Until you learn to swing the bat with the hands (forearms), your body will never work properly. The body 'conforms' to the goal. The body supports the goal. The goal is to swing the bat as efficiently as possible with the suddenness of launch necessary to allow as long a 'read' as possible. Only the hands offer the quickness necessary.
If you're swinging with your body with support of the hands.....you will always drag the bat.
ALWAYS.
AND FOREVER.
Until you simply pick up a bat and attempt to duplicate the high level pattern.
The disturbing part is 'they'....the naysayers.....the know-nothings....claim....that the foot raising off the ground, at and into contact, is an indication that the weight has shifted before launch. They insist that the hitter shifts THEN swings.
What an uninformed, amateurish, no-swinging analysis mistake.
You see, those uninformed know-nothings believe force is still being applied at/into/through contact.
IT IS NOT
The LAUNCH of the swing is OVER....the force application is OVER....when the rear foot comes off the ground. The foot comes off the ground, (if it does) BECAUSE of the launch....as a result of.....the launch.
All you have to do is swing a bat to confirm. Why won't they?
When you get out of the car....and shut the door....is your hand still on the door at impact with the jam?
What if you are angry and really sling the door shut? Is your hand still on the door at impact? It could be. But....is it....usually?
You applied the force quickly....suddenly....'all in'....and lost contact with the door almost instantly....as you applied the force. And, even though you no longer had contact with it, it was moving very fast between the time of your release and slam.
And the door slammed. Hard. Loudly. Quickly. With great force.
And with a force that can equal the force created if your hand was still in contact with the door and still pushing. MAYBE the 'still in contact' slam can be greater. But.....a 'still in contact slam'.....is....what we call.....a PUSH swing.
A push swing is not a whip. A push swing's speed is LATE in the swing. A door slam push's speed is late. It is AT CONTACT. A push swing's speed is late. It is AT CONTACT. And we know.....late speed.....means an earlier decision....which means more vulnerability to the pitcher. A slung door's speed is early. A whipped barrel's speed is early. The whip process uses the 'wait time' of the pitch to load and create stretch, stretching body parts against body parts, so the whip swing can unleash instantly, with instant speed, on decision. A push swing uses the 'wait time' to move/load 'back' so they have more distance over which to apply force forward. Meaning....they need distance....which means they need time....to muscle....PUSH....their barrel up to speed. Which means....they will be out front. And out front means early....yada....yada....boo....boo.
With great joy....I post....the truth.
With great joy....I post....to shame the naysayers.
Because every kid out there wants to be the best he can be. And virtually EVERYONE ON THE INTERNET, except HI.com, teaches NONSENSE. Nonsense that simple logic refutes.
Can you.....think.....for yourself?
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