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Originally Posted by hcw
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...don't cricket bowlers (correct term?) take steps before they throw?...same idea.-hcw
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In Cricket Bowling and Throwing are two entirely different things and the mechanics are mutually exclusive.
Bowling requires the arm that delivers the ball to be completely straight throughout the delivery motion.
We seem, however, to have moved well away from the original issue, being swing power generation from the ground up - a ridiculous concept if ever there was one - and it might now be time to bring this discussion to a conclusion.
I conceed that the body
"transportation" not only facilitates the free, on plane, swinging (
"transportation") of the arms but has a secondary function in that there is a little (about 10 ====> 15% I understand) enhancement of swing speed.
What I cannot agree is that there is any force that can be brought to bear from the ground up that will propel the club down, nor can I subscribe to the theory that hip rotation causes the arms to swing down and, somehow, powers their motion.
Nevertheless, I reckon we must all be about through with this subject by now so - probably to everyone's great relief
- I will butt out.