Posted by: Graylon (g_dunc@hotmail.com) on Thu Nov 29 08:08:54 2007

> Your statement...""Your bat has to start slowing down at some point.""
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> It does... once the top hand begins to roll over the bat starts to decelerate.
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> The top batspeed happens in the hitting zone which begins at around the front knee and finishes just beyond the front foot (depending on location of the pitch).
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> Swing a bat and listen for the swoosh sound the bat makes. It should happen out front in the contact area. If it happens before than it probably isn't a very loud swoosh sound meaning not much batspeed.
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> You also want that sound to be short... swoosh! Not swooooosh.
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> Jimmy

I don't know if your statement was meant for me or George, but sense you quoted me , I will assume it was meant for me.

As far as I my comment "Your bat has to start slowing down at some point", as my kid would say, DUH! I was being sarcastic.

As for top bat speed I believe you're close, somewhere slightly behind front knee to the front foot, but not to far in front of the front foot. But there are no exacts because hitters are different, dependent upon length of stride, etc...

Problem is it's really hard to hit a pitch on the outside part of the plate in front of your front foot, you have to allow it to get deeper.

Early bat speed is key.