Posted by: Coach C () on Thu Dec 18 13:55:57 2003

Jack,

I've find this post one of your best. I have long felt that under a pressure situation that I would be more inclined to rely more on THT, and less on BHT. I find the swing plane is more consistant and adjustments to pitch location far easier with this particular swing. I don't know if this makes sense to you. I swing the bat like you swing that darn golf club quite frankly. A couple of questions for you:

Would you say that A-Rod and McGwire are more likely to hit the ball further in front, due to the wider swing arc?.

Due to the wider swing arc, do you believe there is any power loss or possibly more? Or put another way....which style has more batspeed prior to contact?

Additionally I have noticed that in batting practice I am much more aggressive with my swing, which sometimes has the trail hand pulling back so far that it often times brings the trail arm elbow further back before it returns to the side. However, in competion the move is much more under control. This is why I say for me...80% is a good feel. Is it that I'm 80% on the THT, but the rest of the swing is on auto-pilot?

Thanks,

Coach C