Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Tue Dec 7 17:55:11 2004

Hi All

There are a few resent posts that also addressed the “Scientific Correctness of Swing Model” issue. The first is my reply to Tom Querry’s invitation to discuss my model on Paul’s site.

>> Hi Tom

I thank you for your invitation. Business considerations would play no part in my decision whether or not to accept. I opened this Site to inform the public of my findings from a study of how energy is transferred in the baseball/softball swing. There were no products offered for sale until many readers requested a video explaining the batting principles presented on the Web Site.

I have not posted to another site since Batspeed.com came on line. However, my obvious concern with accepting your invitation is that it appears Paul has been successful in convincing his readers that a recognized physics law is “Voodoo Science.” There can be no intelligent discussion until this is resolved.

My high school physics book defines torque as, “Forces applied from opposing directions that cause an object to rotate around an axis.” The drawings that accompany and define this can be seen at: http://www.batspeed.com/research10.html
Once Paul and his readers accept that this physics law is not “Voodoo Science,” then maybe we can have an informed discussion of how it applies to the baseball swing.

Jack Mankin <<

None of the dissenters have yet responded

Jack Mankin