Bat Speed -- Baseball Hitting Forum

Posted by: Dave (cdpaetkau@telus.net) on Mon Dec 22 01:03:59 2003

HI Scott

As an instructor also I too took the road to find answers to many questions. I have used rotational mechanics personally and now teach it to Fastpitch softball players. I believe that the fundementals behind rotational mechanics would greatly improve most players ability to drive the ball in the game of fastpitch but it is an uphill battle that we face. Most teachers out there have ingrained hands before hips and are interested in keeping that "bug a squishing" so making changes to a players swing take a long time to become realized.

I have seen research done through video analysis programs and biomechanical principals that show higher bat speeds achieved by rotational mechanics and kinematic sequencing. Look up http://www.skilltechnologies.com/ to see more research on ideal hitting techniques. Please email me for more personal information.

Keep researching as it is the best way to get your questions answered. Remember the day you stop learning is the day you fall behind.

Dave

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Re: Re: rotational mechanics applied to fastpitch softball
Scott [ Mon Dec 22 19:14:13 2003 ]
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> HI Scott
> 
> As an instructor also I too took the road to find answers to many questions.  I have used rotational mechanics personally and now teach it to Fastpitch softball players.  I believe that the fundementals behind rotational mechanics would greatly improve most players ability to drive the ball in the game of fastpitch but it is an uphill battle that we face.  Most teachers out there have ingrained hands before hips and are interested in keeping that "bug a squishing" so making changes to a players swing take a long time to become realized.  
> 
> I have seen research done through video analysis programs and biomechanical principals that show higher bat speeds achieved by rotational mechanics and kinematic sequencing.  Look up http://www.skilltechnologies.com/ to see more research on ideal hitting techniques.  Please email me for more personal information.
> 
> Keep researching as it is the best way to get your questions answered.  Remember the day you stop learning is the day you fall behind.  
> 
> Dave

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