Posted by: jaydub (jweiss@eden.rutgers.edu) on Wed Oct 8 15:12:11 2003

Does Barry Bonds use the Lau System of Hitting?
> > I would say he uses the mechanics represented here at batspeed
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> Bonds was taught by his father.
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> Doug

I'd say he does, he has one of the most level swings in baseball, he chops at the ball to give it backspin so it carries a lot more than swinging with an uppercut, most of his HRs are line drives which shows that they have a lot of carry. Lau taght that a downward chopping swing was best