Hitting myths........

wb,

If you cannot control your body in the swing, you have lost half the effort.

If you continue to rotate in a swing motion without a bat, you have poor balance.

ptaf,

If you throw a bat at someone you would be just as guilty if it hits them.

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quincy; Torque in the load is a myth.

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Wayback; OK, how about after the load? You know, maybe after foot plant and hip turn, but before shoulder turn.

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Diablo said: if you were looking down, from above the head, you could look at angle made from front shoulder and front hip... in other words, the widest angle you would get when front hips are "opening" and front shoulder still relatively "closed" would give you a degree of torque - or "stretch."

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The swing looks like he is getting jammed on an inside pitch, but the ball went down the middle. I believe its because he hit the ball deeper in the zone, at around his front knee instead of his from toe.

The only torque in the swing is generated by the weight of the bat head being held by the hands creating string tension during the swing. Using older thread terms, this would be the second 'bat bend'.

In the clips, notice the flight of the ball and the angle of the hips. Usually if the angle is similar, weight shift is exerting force into contact.

Looking at his front hip, the batter is either looking to pull the ball or is slightly fooled by an off speed pitch.

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Originally posted by Quincy:
looking to pull the ball or is slightly fooled by an off speed pitch.

I agree that he may be looking to pull the ball, but I disagree about the offspeed and think he was fooled by a fast ball. Reason being at launch he was going to hit the ball in front, but its coming too fast and got deep in the zone, if he didnt adjust the swing he would have fouled it to the left side.

I do like the overhead look of the batter, and wish there where more videos like this.