Posted by: Doug () on Fri Feb 20 16:01:03 2004

BHL, I have to disagree about the cues you mentioned that Jack uses. Cues are different for all hitters.......you might use a cue with a hitter that is very familiar with you that gets a quality result, and I might use a cue that is different from yours that gets the same result with my player.

As far as where the front foot lands and how many degrees is right.......it is different for many fine hitters. George Brett landed closed and many times stayed there. Barry Bonds lands at about 45 degrees sometimes and sometimes he does not. It depends many times on the pitch and the location of the pitch on how closed or opend the front foot lands. I have many hours of film on some of the very best hitters over the years, and can find some swings that change very much in most of them. Front foot rolling over and then not rolling over etc.

We can study a clip of a great hitter, but it is IMO better to study about 20 different clips of 20 different hitters and you will then find only a few absolutes.

Doug