Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Wed Jul 28 20:56:52 2004

If you take a look at Enrique Wilson's swing, it looks very mechanically sound, and he follows the philosophy, if you will, displayed on this website.
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> > With those mechanics, you would figure he would be a power hitter. Why isn't he?
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> Uhh...size...strength (lack of)...timing. Plus, he looks an awful lot like a linear hitter to me, weight going forward through the swing and the bat on a pretty steep angle to the ball. Maybe I
haven't seen alot of his swings.


In addition to what the above poster cited, his follow through has a lack of balance. The hitter should not finish awkwardly for the most part as his transfer of the weight is completed. He also hits in a big ball park and is not a pull hitter. Thus he cannot take advantage of the short dimensions to right field. In Mike Schmitt's book he mentioned that only players physically blessed can take full advantage of rotational mechanics. This is a debatable issue, but it has been proven that lines drives account for the most success in baseball. As to what philosophy or technique will deliver the most line drives is a never ending debate. To each his own. What works best for one hitter may not work for everyone else. Ted Williams and Ty Cobb used radically different approaches but both are in the Hall of Fame and both respected each other.