Posted by: Graylon (g_dunc@hotmail.com) on Tue Dec 11 10:25:14 2007

> Does anyone feel that a hitter has a certain ceiling of batspeed in his baseball career, or can he be taught and develop the same batspeed that many MLB hitters have?
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> Also, do MLB hitters have a cap on the batspeed that they can ever produce?
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> I am curious to see what many coaches out there think about this and other ability development topics.
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> Jimmy

Jimmy,

I believe that every hitter has a ultimate "potential". Everyones potential is different, some can reach the bat speed of the best, while others will not. Even some that can obtain the bat speed of the greatest may not ever reach the ability to hit like them, there are so many factors that goes in to hitting then just bat speed. I think that Tommy Lasorda once said that every player will ultimately reach there day of reconing, some sooner then others, but everyone gets there eventually.

Graylon