Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Tue Nov 9 18:28:50 2004

jack it finally cooled down in fl. so I went out to hit some again and I tried to do some 1 handed swings with a 34/31 bat.I found to my surprise that I hit a ball with my lead arm only nearly 300' in the air,yet top hand only they were line drives just over the infield and ground balls through infield.Yet when put together I did not hit a ball over the 310" fence,these were all off tee.I also realize that my bottom hand is my dominant arm which felt like it had some play in it.The bottom hand also tended to get under the ball more where the top hand got over the top .Some of this makes perfect sense to me but my concern was how much was my top hand helping me,or tht for that matter.Then I thought maybe I am not applying it well.I will admit that the ball just jumps off the bat with both hands for liners in the gap and it gives me more consistent swing plane ability ,and I am using my whole body on these swings so it isnt a case of just using bottom hand vs. top hand.
> > > I guess the surprise that I hit it 1 handed that far on a tee to begin with and then not so far with the other seemed to make me wonder if there is something here to make of it or not,just a head scratcher puzzle to me at this point.
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> > Hi RQL,
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> > I do not your opinion on my pull hitting theory, and assume that you support using the entire field, though I might be wrong.
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> > However, I offer a suggestion that can augment your empirical notation: instead of just hitting off a tee, "lead-in" to a ball pitched slowly.
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> > Other than that, I agree with the bulwark of your information.
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> > Sincerely,
> > BHL
> > Knight1285@aol.com
> >
> > P.S. What is Paul's two-link robot?
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> RQL...since you throw right/bat left your bottom arm is dominent, so it would seem like no surprise that you would hit farther with bottom arm only than with top arm only.....
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> hitting under ball with lead arm only vs hitting on top of ball with top arm only....i think this is an anatomical thing...bottom arm naturally wants to go "up" whereas top arm naturally wants to go "down"... and i think a natural tendency for front shoulder turn being inhibited....add to that the fact that i think there is a natural tendency for (bottom arm only) for front elbow to bend "up" and perhaps for rear shoulder to want to dip..
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> and for hitting an outside pitch i think that since bottom arm is dominent, all these factors contribute to a "linear" swing being more effective for hitters who throw right/hit left....

Hi Teacherman and grc,

First of all, let me say to Teacherman, although we had our differences in the past, you should be commended for recommending that one must listen to other opinions.

As for grc, I have not heard from you in awhile, so it is nice to hear from you again. I agree with your information for the most part, but must ask, respectfully, how do we classify hitters like Jeff Jenkins, Jeromy Burnitz, and Mo Vaughn, all who are rotational.

Best Wishes,
BHL