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Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Thu Nov 11 16:44:51 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.
> >
> > Hi RQL,
> >
> > I do not your opinion on my pull hitting theory, and assume that you support using the entire field, though I might be wrong.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Other than that, I agree with the bulwark of your information.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > BHL
> > Knight1285@aol.com
> >
> > P.S. What is Paul's two-link robot?
>
> RLQ,
>
> Just a thought, since you can't apply much torque with one hand (or at least I can't) I wonder how much of the distance differential is due to different hand paths and/or the trajectory of the ball.
>
> I suspect that you might have a more CHP with your bottom hand.
>
> Any chance of getting an overhead video while you're hitting off the tee?
>
> - Tom Waz

Hi Tom

Thanks for taking the time.

Jack

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> 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.
> > > 
> > > Hi RQL,
> > > 
> > > I do not your opinion on my pull hitting theory, and assume that you support using the entire field, though I might be wrong. 
> > > 
> > > 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.
> > > 
> > > Other than that, I agree with the bulwark of your information.
> > > 
> > > Sincerely,
> > > BHL
> > > Knight1285@aol.com
> > > 
> > > P.S.  What is Paul's two-link robot?  
> > 
> > RLQ,
> > 
> > Just a thought, since you can't apply much torque with one hand (or at least I can't) I wonder how much of the distance differential is due to different hand paths and/or the trajectory of the ball.
> > 
> > I suspect that you might have a more CHP with your bottom hand.
> > 
> > Any chance of getting an overhead video while you're hitting off the tee?
> > 
> > - Tom Waz
> 
> Hi Tom
> 
> Thanks for taking the time.
> 
> Jack

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