[WestMichiganBlue]

To me, the direction of the barrel of the bat is what constitutes a swing. A girl with proper technique will have her body turning and hands pulling out in front of the plate, but the barrel of the bat will still be pointing back. (Roughly parallel to the plane of the swing.) At that point, if she says "ohno" and continues to turn, but keeps the barrel back, I have no swing. If, however, she unleases those wrists and the barrel starts towards perpendicular to the plane of the swing, then it is a swing no matter how she tries to stop after that.

Now a girl with poor technique will start swinging the barrel of the bat right from the top. Her hands don't move forward much because the barrel of the bat is already moving towards the perpendicular. She started her swing with the very first movement of the body, and there is no place for her to stop. What ever she does, it is a swing.

Maybe I am being too technicial, but I am saying is that the body turn and the pulling of the hands forward is not a swing, but merely positioning the body for the swing.
WMB