Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatpeed.com) on Fri Apr 23 16:38:37 2004

> Are you really interested in the truth? Or has it turned to let's protect our philosophy?
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> Speaking of though questions I would like Batspeeds answer to Mr. Nyman's question......Why are 95%+ of the major league players rotational while most all the coaching is linear?????????????
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Hi Teacherman

95% of major league hitters do not exhibit rotational transfer mechanics. They may have an angular displacement rate component to their hand-path, but the way they apply torque (shoving the top-hand forward during initiation as opposed to pulling back) is far less efficient than THT. Only a few Pro hitters have all rotational components CHP + THT + BHT in their swings. --- Below is a finding from the study

I think the most interesting finding that came from the study was that all the very top hitters exhibited a swing mechanic not found in any of the other players. --- They initiate the swing with what I termed "top hand torque" (top hand pulling back toward catcher while initiating the swing). In 1988 I identified 21 players who initiated the swing with this type of mechanic --- they dominated the stats.

Jack Mankin