Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sun Dec 5 11:55:53 2004

>>> The clip you have added the link http://webpages.charter.net/nickkio/HandPath/
and
http://webpages.charter.net/nickkio/HandstoBall/Linear05.mpg

Are down. I cant get http://webpages.charter.net to work either.

Mike <<<

Hi Mike

I just tried the (http://webpages.charter.net/nickkio/HandstoBall/Linear05.mpg) clip and it is still up. However, the (http://webpages.charter.net/nickkio/HandPath/) clips have been taken down. They were up when I made the post. I suppose Nick has his reasons for deleting them at this time.

The deleted clips were from our Instructional Video. The first showed how a circular force (CHP) applied at a single point causes the bat-head to accelerate in the swing plane. Some now refer to this as a “double-pendulum” effect.

The second clip shows that if the single point is accelerated in a straighter path (linear), there is little to no angular bat-head acceleration from a “whip” or a “double-pendulum” effect.

Note: I just called my Webmaster about having short video placed on the site to explain how torque applied at the handle and the path of the hands effect bat speed.

Jack Mankin