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Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Fri May 21 11:57:41 2004

does a rotational hitter keep the weight back all the way through the swing or does the weight transfer to the center of the hitter as the barrel of the bat moves into the hitting zone? thanks.
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> > From the responses, I guess that the answer is that the weight starts back and transfers forward - but does it transfer forward to the center of the batter or someother point. thanks 4 the help.
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> Actually it starts at 50/50 and should end up at 50/50 during and after the stride. Dont' think in terms of staying back, think in terms of not striding to soon. Going back to front can often be a power loss, not to mention a V-shapeing of the swing plane. Think of it this way....if you go back, where will you likely end up......forward! 50/50...the swing happens between the legs from beginning to end. Hope this helps. Staying back often leads to reactive swings, when the swing should be designed to be proactive.
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I agree with what Coach C says exactly when a player is going good and does not have a problem with going forward to soon. But making a slightly backward move can help some hitters who cannot seem to wait long enough. This could lead to a loss of power in some cases but for the most part could help their timing mechanism which would result in more hard contact. It should be noted that hitting homeruns has a lot to do with counts and having a working knowledge of what the pitcher will throw in a given situation. It is of the utmost importance that the hitter find a combination that will help him produce hard consistent contact under a variety of conditions. Hitting is a game of constant adjustments. Rod Carew was an example of a hitter who changed his stance constantly in order to get results depending on the game situation. He even had a special stance for when he was injured. Roberto Alomar is another example of a player who adjusted to given siuations. He could spray the ball around or take the relief pitcher (ace) into the seats if that's what his team needed.

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> does a rotational hitter keep the weight back all the way through the swing or does the weight transfer to the center of the hitter as the barrel of the bat moves into the hitting zone? thanks.
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> > > From the responses, I guess that the answer is that the weight starts back and transfers forward - but does it transfer forward to the center of the batter or someother point. thanks 4 the help.
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> > Actually it starts at 50/50 and should end up at 50/50 during and after the stride.  Dont' think in terms of staying back, think in terms of not striding to soon.  Going back to front can often be a power loss, not to mention a V-shapeing of the swing plane.  Think of it this way....if you go back, where will you likely end up......forward!  50/50...the swing happens between the legs from beginning to end.  Hope this helps.  Staying back often leads to reactive swings, when the swing should be designed to be proactive.
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> > Coach C 
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> I agree with what Coach C says exactly when a player is going good and does not have a problem with going forward to soon.  But making a slightly backward move can help some hitters who cannot seem to wait long enough.  This could lead to a loss of power in some cases but for the most part could help their timing mechanism which would result in more hard contact.  It should be noted that hitting homeruns has a lot to do with counts and having a working knowledge of what the pitcher will throw in a given situation.  It is of the utmost importance that the hitter find a combination that will help him produce hard consistent contact under a variety of conditions.  Hitting is a game of constant adjustments.  Rod Carew was an example of a hitter who changed his stance constantly in order to get results depending on the game situation.  He even had a special stance for when he was injured.  Roberto Alomar is another example of a player who adjusted to given siuations.  He could spray the ball around or take the relief pitcher (ace) into the seats if that's what his team needed.

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