Three barrel versus four barrel hitting

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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.

I am with you here.

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?

I would say that the difference is in unloading pp4

Jeff.

Jeff,

With 6-B-0 and 6-C-1 in mind.


The difference between a 3 and 4 barrel is which Acc you don´t use actively.

You release the acc with their corresponding pp.

So take a club and swing up to top. Do you feel pp4? Yes.

Now at startdown;
- to do a 4 barrel, start by actively doing a shoulder turn and thereby moving pp4 and then 1,2,3
Here the right shoulder is active

- to do a 3 barrel, start by moving pp1 and then 2,3
Here the right shoulder is passive and the acc4 is zeroed out, is does nothing but allows other things to happen.

How much onplane shoulder thrust does it need to be a 4 barrel? Any!

Now do you need 4 barrel on all shots, all the time?