Posted by: mb () on Wed Nov 24 11:21:57 2004

Hey Teacherman,GRC,Jeff and other skeptics, I think we all understand top hand torque, even if you don't. I think it's time to move the discussion forward to bottom hand torque.
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Do the hands really torgue at all in the swing???? Or are they simply strong clamps that hold onto the bat???

Definition: Torque, n. [L. torques a twisted neck chain, fr.
torquere to twist.]
1. A collar or neck chain, usually twisted, especially as
worn by ancient barbaric nations, as the Gauls, Germans,
and Britons.

2. [L. torquere to twist.] (Mech.) That which tends to
produce torsion; a couple of forces. --J. Thomson.

3. (Phys. Science) A turning or twisting; tendency to turn,
or cause to turn, about an axis.