I'm going to weigh in on the whole issue of whip, swivel, early bat speed, and torque -- but in a different thread -- because it's something I'm currently thinking about and interested in.
Here's a 60 FPS clip of mine that I think has a lot to say about the subject...
I don't see ANY evidence for early bat speed in this clip (which is of a perfectly timed swing on an 85 MPH FB down the middle). If you look at the angle of the front forearm and the barrel of the bat, it is CONSTANT from Frame 1 through Frame 8 and is probably around 80 degrees. That's inarguable (or should be). Only in Frame 9 does this angle start to open up to maybe 100 degrees. The angle has clearly opened up to 135 degrees or so in Frame 10, but IMO that ain't early. This isn't religion, and I have no inclination to believe in something, like early bat speed, for which there is no visual evidence.
I would argue that the opening up of the angle between the front forearm and the barrel of the bat, and the swiveling you see, is due more to momentum transfer and whip than to active muscular action in the wrists. It's very easy to argue that active muscular action in the wrists is more likely to hurt this whip effect than it is to help it.
P.S. While I'm going to read what everyone says, I'm probably not going to do much replying out of the interests of thread explosion and disk space.
Here's a 60 FPS clip of mine that I think has a lot to say about the subject...
I don't see ANY evidence for early bat speed in this clip (which is of a perfectly timed swing on an 85 MPH FB down the middle). If you look at the angle of the front forearm and the barrel of the bat, it is CONSTANT from Frame 1 through Frame 8 and is probably around 80 degrees. That's inarguable (or should be). Only in Frame 9 does this angle start to open up to maybe 100 degrees. The angle has clearly opened up to 135 degrees or so in Frame 10, but IMO that ain't early. This isn't religion, and I have no inclination to believe in something, like early bat speed, for which there is no visual evidence.
I would argue that the opening up of the angle between the front forearm and the barrel of the bat, and the swiveling you see, is due more to momentum transfer and whip than to active muscular action in the wrists. It's very easy to argue that active muscular action in the wrists is more likely to hurt this whip effect than it is to help it.
P.S. While I'm going to read what everyone says, I'm probably not going to do much replying out of the interests of thread explosion and disk space.
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