Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Thu Jul 13 16:34:36 2000

>>>When I first look at your information I really thought it was a bunch of bull. After carefully reading it though I really started to pay attention to my swing in a different way. I have one question though when you say you look at the swing of many major league players and said the way they swing reflects the numbers they have. Well you use the examples of Sammy Sosa, Ken Griffey Jr., and Mark McGwire. All three aren't know for there average Griffey is the lowest among all-stars.Also they strike out alot. They hit home runs and drive in runs. Is there any examples of players with high averages that have this swing. It seems to me that this swing leads to putting the ball more in the air. Please Help?<<<

Hi Danial

The primary purpose of my study was to define the most efficient mechanics for developing and transferring energy for the baseball swing. The gentleman you site above are among those that exemplify these mechanics. --- I discovered the top-hand-torque (pulling back toward the catcher) mechanic while studying the swing of George Brett. Many have said that George hit hard line-drives more consistently than any other player. If I'm not mistaken, he batted 396 one year.

Ted Williams would be another player using rotational mechanics (both development and transfer) that batted for a high average. --- I could find no player that batted over 300 while at the same time hit 30 or more home runs that didn't exhibit rotation mechanics.

Jack Mankin