Just to illustrate so there's no confusion
You call that horizontal? Or are you talking about something else here?
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You call that horizontal? Or are you talking about something else here?
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That Molitor is hard for me to see, but it's def not vertical; the Boggs I see very flat. I'm speaking the top hand forearm.
I guess imo, the top hand needs to be more in front of the top hand arm elbow than above.
drag and no forearm? Another HOFer? LOL
Can you post a pic of an amateur with a side by side comparison of the Molitor pic I posted and explain the differences? There might be some confusion on what's being discussed here
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Lol, don't worked up over my opinion. You all are miles ahead of me understanding the swing.
Speculating, if Molitor was forced to launch from that high handset, I believe his rear elbow would be elevated.
One more.
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I think when just the words horizontal or vertical is used, we think in absolutes.
Amateur as they come, and what I am referring to. He's seven, this is near 100% vertical.
Is this how you see Molitor?
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I knew this would get the dogmatics in an uproar..yay for me..
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So if this is not the norm, what makes him so successful? Is it his hands? Or is the difference his elbow working back, scap or whatever, as he gets to launch? He stays in sync?
Most amateur vertical arms seem to be the result of letting everything fall as they stride.
