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As a follow up to this periscope you have to understand that the body does this coiling/stretching NOT to unload the body but to support the unload the barrel. The thing that gets unloaded must be the barrel. Instantly. Suddenly. At go. The hands/forearms/barrel is what unloads.
Example: You need to turn this vault door handle. (Orange line) But it is stuck. It takes all your might to turn it. Your body will align to, and help your forearms to turn the handle. There will be a connection from the ground to the hands which attach to the handle. 
And the body will work as a fused unit to turn the handle. It will include forearm rotation and torso tilt. But any and all unloading will be through the forearms. You don’t unload the body and then unload the hands. The body directs all its energy through the forearm rotation.
The resistance provided by the stuck handle recruits the body into a fused unit that works as one. It is not two moves. The resistance directs the energy into one full body move. Hip rotation, in a swing, can not do that.
Hip rotation is always accompanied with a push of the arms. Because it has no direction ability. It is two moves not one. Two separate moves. And that can not handle the task at hand.
The forearm/barrel load that is easily seen in barrel tippers, but also present in nontippers, provides the vault door handle resistance in a swing. If that resistance at the handle is established FIRST, before the body loads, the body will align to help unload the forearms.
If the body loads/coils/stretches first THEN you load the hands/forearms/barrel, you’re likely to get an unload of the body which drags the barrel and will require a forward push of the arms.
Establishing proper resistance in the swing forces the body to understand the task at hand better, and it will align to the goal properly.
Feel AGon’s hands. They pretty much stay in the same spot (arms don’t move). They are providing resistance against the handle. They are going to pivot not push. This resistance gives an entirely different signal to the body that an arm push goal would give. Snap!!
He turns the vault door handle
Resistance at the handle. Body aligns to the goal. Snap!
Resistance at the handle. Body coils to help the goal. Snap.
Resistance at the handle. A push/pull pivot about to happen. At the handle. To turn it rearward. Body coils to help. Snap!!
A great way to learn resistance. And how that forces the body to align to the goal. Snap!! Get the feeling with a split grip. Then less split. Then an inch apart. Then together. Keep the resistance even when hands are together. Snap!!
You must understand that the body has an important role....BUT....the forearms swing the bat.
And....that resistance at the handle....that makes it all work....is the very thing hitters try to AVOID. It feels so wrong. They are certain that must be broken before they swing. So they break inertia and use momentum instead. And their barrel drags so they push it.
The instant snap, the sudden burst, that results from breaking through the resistance, is the only way to deal with quality pitching.
When you get the FEELING that the barrel will burst from the resistance and hit the ball before the body moves.....you’re there.
What does ‘there’ look like?.....Looks like this. Resistance between the hands (turning the barrel) recruiting max coil so that the leg pivots. Drives. Pulls.
And in a game it looks like this. There is loading. Then the first thing at launch is the hands/forearms fighting the resistance so the barrel bursts. The giddyup and barrel path prove the description of the technique.
For every inch your hands travel forward before you torque the handle....your barrel is dragging. How far did the fastball travel during that drag? And you wonder why you get beat.
The videos in this thread show the instant hand/barrel snap at go. They show the giddyup. THEN....the hands travel. They snap from max coil. THEN....they travel. If they travel first....you aren’t launching from max coil and you have no stretch....and will push with your arms.
There is ONE high level technique. It separates the greats from the pack.
Start looking for the giddyup first. Then you can make quality decisions. Looking at charts is a waste.
The bat does not conform to the rotation of the body. The body tilts/couples to the path of the barrel created by the forearms.
Case in point. Bleeds the corner. Loses max coil. Then launches. But checks.
