How The T-3 Elite Training Bat Works

A Closer Look

Here's an overview of the dynamics of the T-3 Elite Training Bat. What does the T-3 Elite Training Bat comprise mostly of - or help most? Well, it helps the biomechanics of the swing. And what is the biomechanics of the swing? Simply put, biomechanics is the study of the physics of movement, mostly of the human body. And here we're taking the biomechanics of the swing, breaking it down portion by portion, and showing just how the T-3 helps to improve that portion of the swing. The biomechanics involved in the swinging of a baseball bat needs to be very precise. They need to be conditioned, which brings in a big training component that the T-3 helps, and that is the general muscular system. Basically it becomes what I call the MVP of training. Mechanics plus velocity equals power.

When we start talking about the neuromechanics being the muscle memory or being burned into the body, that's simply what that term means. When we attempt to start to progress or to enhance the biomechanics of the swing, we have to start to look at the swing in the order that it takes place. This simply put is called a kinetic link or the kinematic sequencing of the swing. The kinematic sequence is the sequence of accelerations and decelerations performed by each body segment, in order to transfer energy effectively from the ground through the body into the bat as the speed of the muscles of each body part and segment contributes.

This sequence occurs as follows: the pelvis begins rapidly rotating toward the pitcher momentarily leaving the upper torso, arms, and back behind. After reaching their peak speed, the pelvis rapidly decelerates and allowing energy to be transferred to the shoulders, which in turn peak at a higher speed and then also decelerate passing their energy to the arms, which repeat this action passing their energy to the back, which will now peak at a very high rotational speed and very near to the impact point with the ball. This in a layman's term is the whipping action of the bat, and the T-3 helps this action with tremendous amounts of force and also it helps the precision of this action. Not only is this action very important in the order that is needed to create a smooth swing, but also we've got to have the precision. We've got to learn to take the bat head directly to the baseball. And when we're simply talking about this action, this is called torque and this is two opposing forces working in opposite directions on an object. Simply put we're stressing the upper body against the lower body. The bottom half opens and the upper body closes and this creates that slingshot type of effect where the bat is propelled at a tremendous amount of force to the baseball.

The T-3, again, with the loading system at the barrel and the counterbalance at the handle, really increases the force of this whipping action as it comes together against the ball. The two opposing forces--the upper body and the lower body--meeting the baseball. Whenever we start talking about the rotation or creating the torquing action--that's when two opposing forces are working in opposite directions on an object--we have to have a dynamic balance because our body is in movement at that point in time. Dynamic balance allows us to start with movement, and as we start to stride forward, which the left foot does,(right hand batter) we maintain and gain a balance point. We don't let the weight continue to go forward.

The dynamic balance point creates a center of axis right down through the middle of the body and this is where the torquing action let's us rotate. We need to stay fixed on that center axis and create tremendous turning or maximum rotation speeds. The T-3 does this and has tested to do it not only on an average but above-average forces are created with impact of the T-3 when it's swung. The counterbalance weighting system and the sliding action coming together creating a proper path and the precision in the swing, as I had mentioned earlier, creates rotational speeds that are at maximum at the point of contact and also through the ball because we do not want the bat to slow down as we're starting to make contact. Our body decelerates, as discussed before, when we were talking about the torquing action and the sequencing of the swing, we do not want the bat head slowing down. When it drags, it's the last portion, as we stated before, that speeds through the ball. We do not want this to decelerate.

The T-3 will help to maximize the acceleration at the point of contact. The tremendous head weight that we can load it down with and also with the counterbalance and the leverage mechanism that we get from the sliding action, it helps us to stay fixed on a center of axis and allots for tremendous torquing of the body This in essence creates a whipping action that surpasses standards on testing modules that we have used. Progressive speed gains: What allows for progressive speed gain as we go through the baseball? The T-3 with the top head dominant sliding action allows us to bring the bat through what I call square impact. And when we can come through a square impact where that head meets the ball square, we keep the wrist from rolling over. When we're in the kinetic sequencing of the swing and we start to drive it through the ball, if we break for example, say our wrist roll over prematurely, then this will slow the bat down and take out the mid torso muscles and the back because then our weight will start to go forward. But when we can maintain this, a stiff wrist or a square bat head at the point of impact, this brings in the contribution of the mid torso muscles and abdomen and back, and they stay locked in and stay strong creating that tremendous torquing action. This increases the overall maximal rotational speed. When we can cause this delay in the release of the wrist or the breaking of the wrist, we can create tremendous increases in bat speed.

Because of the mechanics and the rotational motion of the body, a delayed release of the wrist angle can cause a huge increase in bat speed. This is why I personally think that the T-3 Elite Training Bat sets itself apart from most other training tools. The last portion of the rotation to come through is the bat. We call this a bat lag. This is where the bat actually drags back, but now as the upper body and the torso and the arms are propelling forward at maximal speeds, it whips the bat head through and we create that whipping action. Here's where we create that torquing action. This is where we start to get our force. Again, the T-3 Elite Training Bat allows for this in tremendous amounts of force. The sequencing of maximal rotational speed: this is to summarize up what I've been discussing about torque and creating the maximal rotational forces. Not only should the pelvis, upper torso, arms, and bat peak at increasing magnitudes, but they should also peak sequentially in time. This is the hips should peak first, passing their built up speed to the upper body, which in turn passes the energy to the arms and finally to the bat. If this sequence is incorrect, then energy will be loss from one segment to the next and the bat speed will suffer. The T-3, in a layman's way, takes care of all of these sequences and helps the hitter to, create maximal bat speed. The T-3 creates a short, efficient route to the ball--the precision of the bat head to the baseball.

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