Posted by: Nick () on Sat Nov 6 10:31:29 2004

JJA,

Great response! Best I have seen on this subject. My experiments with a dowel (one I could get a good grip on)were as follows: 50-55 MPH doing Jack's experiment. 80-85 MPH swinging the dowel like a bat. John Elliot, from Jack's second tape had similar results with a bat, but he is much stronger than I am. I cannot swing a bat 85 MPH. My question has allways been: where does the other 30 MPH come from? Many people say it is from hand torque generated at the end of the swing. It will be interesting what you find.

Thanks,

Nick