Posted by: Dave (cdpaetkau@telus.net) on Tue Apr 13 00:35:59 2004

Hi BHL

You make some thought provoking comments however my chanllenge still stands to swing that 5 pound sledge hammer. What I am saying is put yourself in the body of that growing 10 year old boy or girl who every 4 months must partially retrain their muscles movements that growth spurts scramble up. Must learn the new orientation of where their hand is in relationship to the rest of their body (let alone a bat that is another 2 1/2 feet further away). Must lift and swing a 20 ounce bat that is about 1/20th (30 lbs) of what they can lift over their heads (average 200 lbs major league would be around 230 lbs and they swing a 30 ounce bat).

Now ask this player to emulate the exact movement of a major leaguer and do not forget to pull every pitch.

Who decides who or what the hitting stlye they should follow?? Probably the coach (Dad) dictates a little and maybe the local batting instructor or maybe a little bit comes from watching the MLB telecasts because the kid loves A-Rod. Not all players are created equal and not all ideas are correct and not all hitting techniques are correct. We must always ask the question WHY when confronted with a new idea and must then seek out that answer.

The answer is not BECAUSE it works but WHY does it work.

BHL you give this board new ideas that are outside the norm and you give thoughts to ponder WHY would I use this idea or technique.

I however am still looking for the answer WHY I would use this with a little leaguer when I consider in the information that I have presented to you in the beginning of this post. So far most of your coments have been directed at the major league players and parks that they play in to get them into the Hall of Fame because of their increased homerun production. Please answer my simple question of WHY so I can ponder your comments further.

Dave

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