How terribly close is hitting and swinging?

[nuke99]

I think I do. You're asking, "If extensor action and the hitter's drive-out both involve triceps activation, and extensor action is active from startup to both arms straight, what differentiates the triceps activity of extensor action from the triceps activity of the hitter's drive out, considering that the triceps only extends the arm at the elbow?" Am I on the right track?

Yub, for your first paragraph... as stated in 6B1D...

Because of Extensor Action, the Right Triceps can never be totally "passive."

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Maybe the difference between extensor action and the hitters thrust is felt at an anatomical level. In other words, the triceps muscles are extending in both cases. But maybe other muscles (pecs, anterior delts) come into play during the hitter's drive-out, while they don't necessarily do so in extensor action??

Not really... My point is how the Tricep power is assembled will differentiate between the tricep being a acc 1 or extensor action or both. pls refer the TGM quote of 6b1D

[Bagger Lance]

Like most things TGM, it's becoming more complicated than it really is. But in order to understand and for the egg to hatch, you've got to dig.

And digging you are Nuke. I love it!

Consider this, extensor action for swinging or hitting is a constant inline pressure as 6B said, of the clubshaft.

It's not much pressure, just a few pounds. As Ben Doyle would say, you are stretching your sweater taut.

It stays that way throughout the swing.

With hitting, it starts that way and stays that way even at the top of the backstroke and during startdown.

But during release, the hitter accelerates the primary lever assembly - clubshaft and left arm with a strong thrust of the right tricep. Zero to 60 in .02 seconds. A right arm crossline punch through impact. Pure thrust.