Posted by: haj () on Tue Feb 18 10:50:08 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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I pulled out some video of MLB hitters and I see the opposite - it looks like to me that most of them go circular to start and then linear or push or extension or flex of the top hand or lose the L or whatever at the end of the swing. They really push that top hand through contact - even though the ball might only be on the bat 1/3000 of a second, there must be some reason they push through contact. I think it is a timing issue; it gives them a greater hitting area and they are so strong that even if they are pushing and thus decelerating the ball is still going to jump. The only time the knob looks like it goes to the pitcher is on the inside pitch and for sure it doesn't go to the opposite batter's box - the knob goes in front of the body and then the knob pull across the body. That is very interesting too tract what the KNOB does. Is there some standard guidelines on what the KNOB is supposed to do? And does it vary on pitch location?

haj