Cues vs. reality. The first person that I know made this fundamental distinction was Paul Nyman [around 2001].In that day cues such as "stay inside the ball", "take the knob to the ball"and many more were prominent. Today there are also cues that are actually similar.
One such cue is ...."turn the barrel." This most certainly is a cue in that it simply begs the question of...what does one mean by turn the barrel?
From a biomechanical standpoint, ANYONE swinging creates a curvilinear path of the knob from the start of the swing to contact.
From a biomechanical standpoint, ANYONE swinging creates a curvilinear path of the knob from the start of the swing to contact.
Meaning that the path of the knob/barrel creates some kind of ARC ["move with a curving trajectory"]. Which is essentially synonymous with "turn" ["move in a circular direction wholly or partly around an axis or point"]
Thus "turn the barrel" has no real meaning in that NO hitter creates a straight line [linear] path of the hands/knob or barrel.
Thus, to repeat, this phrase is simply a cue and as such does NOT have any real "explanatory power" [my phrase] as regards distinguishing the actual biomechanical/physiological differences between elite level hitters and everyone else.
The ACTUAL differences can best be understood by understanding Paul Nyman's concepts of ...posture/connection/rotation. Concepts which I am VERY knowledgeable of!!
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