Posted by: mikeyd () on Tue Feb 18 10:41:40 2003

Jack in his video said something about the KNOB of the bat going in the direction of the opposite batter's box; and emphasizes a circular hand path and talks about swinging a ball on the rope.
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> Linear people talk about taking the KNOB to the pitcher.
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> From what I see on video it looks (especially on inside pitches) that the Knob goes linear or to the pitcher that is probably where the cue get inside the ball comes from and then the circular hand path.
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> Does anybody see anything different? Is it all circular and NO LINEAR at all? What about on an inside pitch? Can you keep the ball fair if you are all circular? If you are all linear - then no power, right? In order to have a short, compact swing it seems like the good ones start the knob to the pitcher or inside the ball and then rotate. Hey TOM, isn't that what your buddy Epstein teaches with his propietary FENCE drill. The knob definetly goes linear before circular. Is it all or nothing or is there such a thing?

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How do these MLB players hit the ball to the opposite field if they are purely circular? You have to hit the inside of the ball to hit it to the opposite field which tells me that the KNOB has to go first to the pitcher. And on Epstein's fence drill, if you watch it on video and go try it yourself the KNOB goes parallel to the fence for about 8 inches before you can really start going circular.