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People are probably getting sick of this, so hopefully this will be the last thread I start on this.
The background on blur for newcomers is this;
Some people believe that the way to get the high batspeed that MLB hitters achieve, you must apply force and get the bathead going early. They believe the way to get the bathead going early is to use the muscles in the forearms, wrists and hands and twist at the handle of the bat, and pinwheel or swivel the bathead, and do this early. The force is applied to make the bathead arc back forcefully toward the catcher.
Now, most people said this was nonsense, so the believers pointed to the blur of the bat that can be seen in MLB swings, that occurs shortly after the bathead starts to move. They said that to get that blur and therefore, achieve MLB-like bat speed, you had to do it as they instruct.
I have been attempting to refute that, and I say that number 1, that is not how MLB hitters do it, and 2; the blur CAN be achieved even when not applying forces in the manner that those others believe.
I made a demo video that showed how it can be done. They weren't convinced. So, I made a video where I just swung a bat holding a bolt through the handle, and I got blur. Then, I made a video of a BAD non-swing that just yanked the handle and I got blur, and they said it wasn't proof because they weren't REAL swings.
I then made my best effort to produce a REAL swing and it got blur, and they said it was a pretty good swing, but the blur was at the wrong time, and wrong angle. However, there WAS blur without using their method. Then some said, I was using their method, but I just don't know it. :noidea
Well here's what I hope is the LAST demo. I'm doing a version of Mike Epstein's "Torque" drill. There is very little hip turn, no weight shift, the hands are at the armpit, and the bat is on the shoulder. I just rotate. I'm not torqing the bathead rearward because if I did, the bat would come away from my shoulder. I'm not rotating my forearms, my arms are pretty much locked in place, the hands are just moving with the back shoulder.
Well, I got blur again, and it's rearward and down. So, what will they come up with next?:noidea
Below is a link to the actual video.
http://firstpickclub.com/video/blurepstein2.avi
I want to be clear, that I'm not saying you can get as much batspeed doing this drill as you can in a real swing. But, the only factor in the real swing is that the hands DO get a "running start" by starting away from the body in the stance, and then they pull into the armpit area as the hips get started, and the hands "jump onto" the shoulder rotation. This breaks the inertia of the hands and the bathead, but you don't torque and swivel while you position the hands to the launch point.
The background on blur for newcomers is this;
Some people believe that the way to get the high batspeed that MLB hitters achieve, you must apply force and get the bathead going early. They believe the way to get the bathead going early is to use the muscles in the forearms, wrists and hands and twist at the handle of the bat, and pinwheel or swivel the bathead, and do this early. The force is applied to make the bathead arc back forcefully toward the catcher.
Now, most people said this was nonsense, so the believers pointed to the blur of the bat that can be seen in MLB swings, that occurs shortly after the bathead starts to move. They said that to get that blur and therefore, achieve MLB-like bat speed, you had to do it as they instruct.
I have been attempting to refute that, and I say that number 1, that is not how MLB hitters do it, and 2; the blur CAN be achieved even when not applying forces in the manner that those others believe.
I made a demo video that showed how it can be done. They weren't convinced. So, I made a video where I just swung a bat holding a bolt through the handle, and I got blur. Then, I made a video of a BAD non-swing that just yanked the handle and I got blur, and they said it wasn't proof because they weren't REAL swings.
I then made my best effort to produce a REAL swing and it got blur, and they said it was a pretty good swing, but the blur was at the wrong time, and wrong angle. However, there WAS blur without using their method. Then some said, I was using their method, but I just don't know it. :noidea
Well here's what I hope is the LAST demo. I'm doing a version of Mike Epstein's "Torque" drill. There is very little hip turn, no weight shift, the hands are at the armpit, and the bat is on the shoulder. I just rotate. I'm not torqing the bathead rearward because if I did, the bat would come away from my shoulder. I'm not rotating my forearms, my arms are pretty much locked in place, the hands are just moving with the back shoulder.
Well, I got blur again, and it's rearward and down. So, what will they come up with next?:noidea
Below is a link to the actual video.
http://firstpickclub.com/video/blurepstein2.avi
I want to be clear, that I'm not saying you can get as much batspeed doing this drill as you can in a real swing. But, the only factor in the real swing is that the hands DO get a "running start" by starting away from the body in the stance, and then they pull into the armpit area as the hips get started, and the hands "jump onto" the shoulder rotation. This breaks the inertia of the hands and the bathead, but you don't torque and swivel while you position the hands to the launch point.
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