Posted by: ssarge (ssarginson@earthlink.net) on Sat Oct 9 10:34:36 2004

"Works for him but I wouldn’t want my kids to watch."

Actually, it could work for anyone who has Ichiro's gifts. Incredible speed, bats LH, is able to placement hit to the opposite side.

Without those gifts, it can't possibly work. And yet many kids - accepting well meaning but unconsidered instruction - are learning to hit by pounding the ball into the ground.

Without world class speed, this is a very flawed strategy. And you can't teach speed, obviously. But almost ANYONE can learn to hit for reasonable power using rotational mechanics. I wish more would. . .

Regards,

Scott





Ichiro is not just linear; he has a style unto his self. It’s more of a fast pitch softball left-hander slap style.
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> While linear hitters move their body towards the pitcher and use a lot of hands, Ichiro often leans his body towards first base in order to get extension and clear his arms.
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> Works for him but I wouldn’t want my kids to watch.
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