Posted by: Teacherman () on Mon Nov 8 07:34:28 2004

>>> Jack, at another site I read the statement "there is nothing wrong with knob to the ball as long as you are rotating the knob to the ball". Even though it is a non-mainstream site, I still thought the comment to be interesting. What do you think? <<<
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> Hi Dereck
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> In my opinion, this is another example of attempting to allow and old linear batting cue to fit with rotational principles. However, with rotational mechanics, the knob is not rotating toward the ball - it is rotating toward third base as the bat-head arcs around toward contact
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> Jack Mankin
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"the knob rotates toward third base"........only if the swing plane is horizontal..........in other words.......only if swinging at a pitch at the top of the strike zone. If your knob goes to third base on a pitch down the middle you're not a very good hitter.

Most swings are in a diagonal swing plane in which case the knob goes more toward the sky than third base.