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Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Thu Dec 13 19:34:13 2007

HI All

George states, “DO NOT STAND FLATFOOTED! REMEMBER MASS X SPEED = ENERGY. so just like throwing a pitch, push off your back leg & get your body mass going forward.. the faster, the greater the energy you are generating toward the ball..to stand stock still with no forward motion means you are generating NO energy whatsoever!!! HELLO?!?!?! “

This illustrates just one of the problems of equating the mechanics of pitching a ball to that of swinging a bat. To say that since the development of forward momentum is required in pitching, it must also be true for hitting is misleading. Keep in mind that in hitting, forward movement of the body ceases at foot-plant and the batter rotates about a stationary axis. Whereas, in pitching, the upper-body continues to move forward after foot-plant and the pitcher rotates about a forward tilting axis.

This weekend, I will develop a clip to show why the development of linear momentum is required for pitching but not for hitting.

Jack Mankin

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Re: Re: Re: No Stride
Lady Knights [ Fri Dec 14 06:27:41 2007 ]
- Re: Re: Re: Re: No Stride Jack Mankin [ Fri Dec 14 07:55:59 2007 ]
Re: Re: Re: No Stride
george stanley [ Thu Dec 13 23:39:33 2007 ]
- Re: Re: Re: Re: No Stride daw [ Fri Dec 14 01:05:13 2007 ]
- Re: Re: Re: Re: No Stride Graylon [ Fri Dec 14 00:27:30 2007 ]
- Re: Re: Re: Re: No Stride Jack Mankin [ Fri Dec 14 00:17:20 2007 ]

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> HI All
> 
> George states, “DO NOT STAND FLATFOOTED! REMEMBER MASS X SPEED = ENERGY. so just like throwing a pitch, push off your back leg & get your body mass going forward.. the faster, the greater the energy you are generating toward the ball..to stand stock still with no forward motion means you are generating NO energy whatsoever!!! HELLO?!?!?! “
> 
> This illustrates just one of the problems of equating the mechanics of pitching a ball to that of swinging a bat. To say that since the development of forward momentum is required in pitching, it must also be true for hitting is misleading. Keep in mind that in hitting, forward movement of the body ceases at foot-plant and the batter rotates about a stationary axis. Whereas, in pitching, the upper-body continues to move forward after foot-plant and the pitcher rotates about a forward tilting axis.
> 
> This weekend, I will develop a clip to show why the development of linear momentum is required for pitching but not for hitting. 
> 
> Jack Mankin

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