I had to shut my game down for a few days for fear of getting tennis elbow or tendonities in my right elbow, but went out yesterday and played with the bat and shot 3 under hitting the ball as straight as I ever have before.
Can one still use the bat elbow position if I am trying to use a the hitters four barrel pattern? The bat seems to create a lot less shoulder turn than punch basic.
Also when hitting I use the impact fix address so should the hands just begin moving immediately up and in on the backswing?
Yes.
Bat is not an elbow position, it is an arm motion, a Minor Basic Stroke.
It needs a Major, an elbow position; Pitch, Punch or Push.
Punch is the recommended choice for hitting.
10-3-0 "Major Basic Strokes are classified according to Elbow Position during the stroke and every stroke must use one of the three.
Minor basic strokes are classified according to arm motion."
10-3-K. Bat (Minor) "...when used with any Major Basic Stroke can produce full power."
Freeze the right wrist in impact fix, right forearm takeaway, feel "no roll".
You may use pivot thrust "as supplying the initial acceleration of the hitter's loaded power package." 2-M-4
The danger in carrying that too far is that centrifugal force may overtake your drive out action.
"If there is a twinge in the elbow you are swinging your right arm." 7-19
Slow start down, firm wrists, right shoulder down plane, drive right arm down, out and through.
Bat is not an elbow position, it is an arm motion, a Minor Basic Stroke.
It needs a Major, an elbow position; Pitch, Punch or Push.
Punch is the recommended choice for hitting.
10-3-0 "Major Basic Strokes are classified according to Elbow Position during the stroke and every stroke must use one of the three.
Minor basic strokes are classified according to arm motion."
10-3-K. Bat (Minor) "...when used with any Major Basic Stroke can produce full power."
Freeze the right wrist in impact fix, right forearm takeaway, feel "no roll".
You may use pivot thrust "as supplying the initial acceleration of the hitter's loaded power package." 2-M-4
The danger in carrying that too far is that centrifugal force may overtake your drive out action.
"If there is a twinge in the elbow you are swinging your right arm." 7-19
Slow start down, firm wrists, right shoulder down plane, drive right arm down, out and through.
Very nice, Loren. Your post demonstrates a solid grasp of these fundamentals. Thanks!
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