Posted by: Jack Mankin (mrbatspeed@aol.com) on Sun Dec 28 16:42:28 2003

>>> wait until your daughter gets to college and that coaches tries to change her from a rotaoiomal hitter/1 The only issue I can't seem to resolve with using rotational mechanics is accounting for the fact that this methodology encourages a slight uppercut swing. This seems fine in baseball where the pitch is always traveling downwards, but in fastpitch, with a rise ball, an uppercut swing seriously limits the ability to coincidentally time both the bat speed and swing plane with the plane of the pitch and its velocity. This is especially a big issue at an elite men's level where many pitchers are strong enough to throw low rise balls. <<<

Hi Rollinstone

Welcome to the site. I have never played fastpitch but it appears to me that the pitchers release the ball about 24 to 30 inches off the ground. I have faced submarine style baseball pitchers that released the ball at about 10 to 14 inches. It took a few pitches to get used to the rising trajectory but I did not find it necessary to alter my swing mechanics. It would seem to me that the Major Leagues would have a great number of pitchers with low release points if that was effective against a rotational swing plane.

Rollinstone, this is just my opinion. As I pointed out earlier, I have never had to face the pitchers you and other fastpitch players have.

Jack Mankin