quote:It's also interesting that you didn't comment on the pause in the load/unload that you teach.
If you hand any novice player a bat and say hit this ball coming at you maybe 1 in 1000 will get his front foot down on time and rotate into it's path( Bonds description of his swing not mine).
Breaking the steps down is a way to teach players to learn to turn. You cannot rotate when the front foot is in the air at bat launch. It is a drill station and a very popular one based on sales and currect use.
The icing on the cake ( as evidenced by many Hall of Famers) is the synchronization of an upper body that also learns how to turn inconcert with the lower body. The arm and hand action is the "running start" of the upper body to get in orbit around the core move. If done improperly it is disaster and results in many of baseballs worst swing flaws
Just as the hips coil , the short stride is taken and the hips uncoil, there is a similar pattern ( available to those that chose to use and learn it) that the upper body uses to interface with the lower to make the total movement the most effective.
If you cannot see it in 100s of clips then you do not chose to see it and that is fine. Or maybe those in your charge hit well without it and thats fine too. THere are some clips that support that style too.