Posted by: () on Wed Oct 8 20:49:05 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
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> 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


I'm having a little trouble finding the level or downward chop for backspin in these clips. Maybe you can help me?

http://webpages.charter.net/nickkio/Bonds.Front.mpg

http://home.mindspring.com/~rmk/bonds600.mpeg