FiveFrameSwing
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FINALLY!! Someone used the phrase 'turn the barrel' and actually described what the hell the phrase means! Whether or not this is generally agreed upon DH, praise to you for explaining this, rather succinctly, in plain ole english. There are many of us on here who gave up on getting any real explanation of 'turn the barrel' long ago when it became apparent that the only way to describe what the phrase means is by showing a gif of a player and saying "See. Turn the barrel." You are the first to make any sense of that phrase IMO. Thanks again for letting the secret out!
Vdubya .... there is no secret. What there is .... is your struggle to learn this concept.
What he explained was that there was a 90-degree change in the direction of the barrel between 'launch' and 'contact'.
If the destination is approximately palm-up/palm-down at 'contact', from a typical orientation at 'launch', then there will be a 90-degree change in the orientation of the barrel regardless of the barrel path taken,
That 90-degree change of the barrel's surface is not what is meant by "turn the barrel".
Turn the barrel has to do with the swing arc. In the GIF below take note of the barrel tip and the reverse-C shape.
The phrase "turn the barrel" applies to the "bat path" ..... and the secret if you will, is that the path of the barrel is influenced by the pressures delivered via the hands.