Posted by: Jack Mankin (mrbatspeed@aol.com) on Wed May 12 09:32:41 2004

>>> Followed the site for a while, so I know what Jack’s explanation would be, but it would be great if JJA, Nyman or one of the others versed in the sciences gave us the technical explanation (how it fits into Adair’s and other’s physics model) of what is causing Sosa’s bat to become a blur well back in the swing (starting in frame 10) of the following clip:

http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/mpg/Sosa01.mpeg <<<

Hi Ben

Very good question. But I am afraid that if you get a reply it will be a dissertation on internal rotation of bones and loading of muscle groups. They normally do not even mention the bat much less address what forces scap-loading or bow-arch apply to it.

Jack Mankin