Posted by: GREG (Gregmarlett@aol.com) on Sat Apr 24 17:13:43 2004

Hello,

I am a college baseball player in Gainesville, FL and I was wondering if you could give me your take on the swing. I have been taught by my coaches here to swing down to the ball (Griffy tee) to generate backspin. I also work with a Rockies hitting coach back at home and he tells me to have a "short to it long through it" linear swing (arms) but a rotary core (hips, sholders, torso). I can hit both ways but consistancy is my major problem. I'm 6'0" 180lbs and I'm a gap to gap hitter. How can I generate more power to turn some of my balls hitting the fence into homeruns?

Thank you for your time,

Greg Marlett