Posted by: Graylon (g_dunc@hotmail.com) on Thu Nov 29 23:33:17 2007

> Contact is Made out in front Period. Watch video of well hit balls and watch were contact is made. It's in front of there front leg. The only time it is made deep is with 2 strikes in a defense swing. Try hitting a 90 mph fast ball down the middle even with your cup. Everybody in the first base dug out better watch out.

Mike,

What do you mean "in front of front leg"? Anything in front of my front hip could be considered "in front of my front leg". If you are talking about in front of your front foot then I think your wrong. If at any point I have to lengthen my swing by extending my hands forward(pushing your hands) to get the "sweet spot" on the ball then I am slowing down my bat speed. The pitch down the middle should probably be hit near my front knee for best bat speed and contact, dependent upon width of stride. But we know that perfect timing is not always there, so by creating early bat speed I can still drive that ball to the opposite field even if I am a little late. But if I am always trying to be early to make contact in front of my front "foot", if I am to early I won't be able to make good contact because I will have to push out to the ball, which will slow my bat speed.

I don't think that contact should be made behind your front hip. I think it should be made in front of your body but I do think that you can let a ball get deeper then what I believe you are describing.

Graylon
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> > > I can't think of anything worse than teaching contact 'out front'.
> >
> > hello teach!
> >
> > dr meg urry is the chairman of the astrophysics dept at yale u. she made a profound statement in the may 27 cover story in PARADE magazine... i'm paraphrasing below:
> > "scientists do not construct a theory in a vacuum, rather they must observe the events of nature & construct a theory in conjunction with their observations.. only then will the theory hold up under the scrutiny of others.. to do otherwise is to refute what it is you observe.. eventually you must come to grips with what you observe in nature & let those observations govern your theory.. it is what it is,
> > & eventually you have no other choice but to admit what it is you observe.."
> > this affected me so greatly, i have used this mindset in putting together my hitting theory.. it has served me VERY VERY well.. accordingly:
> > if you observe that most all long distance HR are struck by the hitter out in front of the plate, then you must embrace the theory that in order to hit the ball hardest & farthest, YOU MUST GET THE BAT TO THE BALL WHILE IT IS OUT IN FRONT OF THE PLATE!!! hello?
> > according to that LOGIC, you will not see many pitches that travel all the way to even with the plate being driven out of the park..
> > teach, you gotta get with the program... the observations do not support your theory... sorry.