PITTSBURGH – As part of his presentation “How Technology Unlocked My True Potential At The Plate” at the 2017 ABCA Convention, Diamond Kinetics’ co-founder Dr. Buddy Clark tells us the ‘physics behind the cause’ and how SwingTracker can give players and coaches insight into what needs to happen during the swing in order to get higher launch angles, combined with increased exit velocity.
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Moreover, Diamond Kinetics’ Technical Advisor Dr. Alan Nathan offered up a series of thoughts yesterday, stemming largely from the same viewpoint relative to bat/ball contact point, approach angle and what is necessary to achieve maximum distance and/or exit velocity.
2/ For given swing plane, offset has big effect on VLA. I’m working on a followup analysis to my earlier articles. https://t.co/OMR7kgcKsx https://t.co/DMhwT4ktsB
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 19, 2017
3/3 In new analysis, I will look at how BBS-vs-VLA distribution determines swing plane. And other things, such as timing issues. https://t.co/DMhwT4ktsB
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 19, 2017
To get max exit speed, want bat velocity directed toward center of ball (attack angle=centerline angle). See https://t.co/OMR7kgcKsx https://t.co/h8NaoMEpAw
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 20, 2017
Actually, to perfectly square up, both ball and bat vectors need to pass through centerline, but ball angle matters much less than bat angle https://t.co/OekyuLWuv9
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 20, 2017
BTW, an excellent question. I’m working on a new article on this subject addressing these and other issues. https://t.co/OekyuLWuv9
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 20, 2017
1/2 The only way one can perfectly square up is if the attack angle equals the descent angle, also desirable to minimize timing errors. https://t.co/rf3M9hMmPY
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 20, 2017
2/2 But as I said earlier, the exit speed is not too sensitive to whatever the ball is doing. https://t.co/rf3M9hMmPY
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 20, 2017
Whenever either the ball or bat have velocity component along the surface of the ball, spin will be generated. So answer is YES. https://t.co/WRY6FOCKSO
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 20, 2017
No. But it is not so easy to explain all this in 140 char. That’s why I write articles!https://t.co/z5ApsTwjV1
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 20, 2017
Depends on what you mean by perfectly squarely. For me, it is a statement about the direction, not the position. https://t.co/PkzbzMvHEB
— Alan Nathan (@pobguy) April 20, 2017
