Posted by: Coach C () on Tue Dec 23 20:23:40 2003

> Hi Gentlemen
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> Your last post to the board all made good points. But, I am withholding them for now because the questions I asked Lamber below goes right to the heart of what determines a productive swing and I thought it best not to distract from it at this point. I will post them tomorrow and hope you understand.
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> Remember, "A ballistic motion, once initiated, produces trajectories that can only be efficiently changed at its margins." This applies to Arod’s swing as it does to the rest of us. The forces Arod applies to the bat at initiation will determine the bat’s trajectories as well as his ensuing transfer mechanics for the balance of the swing.
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> I would also point out that the best indicator for understanding the forces a batter’s mechanics applies to the bat comes from plotting the bat’s trajectories during and following initiation. During my study, we had the aid of a Motion Study computer to do the plotting. But I also made fairly good ones by tracing over frame-by-frames.
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> Study the bat’s movements (especially the knob and bat-head) during pre-launch and initiation and ask yourself, what forces could the batter’s hands apply to the bat that could produce those results.
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> Jack Mankin
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> Sounds good! Thanks Jack!