[Jeff]

12PB

I find your answer unsatisfactory.

If a hitter loads correctly and gets his hands to the top of the swing (opposite the right shoulder) with his right forearm perpendicular to the primary lever assembly then his left arm does get across his chest and he is then essentially loading PP#4. That top of the backswing position is common to all hitters. I have never read anywhere that a triple barrel hitter has a different top of the backswing position than a four-barrel hitter, so I cannot imagine that there is a variation in the degree of loading of PP#4 during the backswing.

My first question then becomes is there is difference in the downswing pivot action of a four barrel hitter that causes him to unload PP#4 in a way that doesn't happen in a triple barrel hitter? The second question then becomes - is that first question of any relevance? In other words, is the difference between four barrel hitting and triple barrel hitting related to the unloading of PP#4, or is the difference due to some other biomechanical difference?

Ben - from my understanding of hitter's full power action, one cannot eliminate PA#3. A swinger releases PA#3 after PA#2 during the release swivel action phase of the downswing, while a hitter releases PA#2 and PA#3 simultaneously during the straight line thrust action of the release of PA#1 which applies force to the club in a radial direction (axe handle technique). In other words, my understanding is that both a triple barrel and four barrel hitter must have 1:2:3 in their sequence. My question is whether a four barrel hitter has an active release of PA#4 in his sequence.

Jeff.