Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sat Dec 11 00:04:01 2004

>>> jack, hopefully o won't be banned from the site for making the following comments but what i have to say needs to be said.....first, though, thank you for finally answering the question i have been asking for years but never got an answer on...tou gave your abswer to someone else but that's fine....

but...your answer as to the specific technique as to how to execute the knob-to-the pitcher thing....well, all i can say is that it is pathetic....i agree with much of what you have preached over the years, jack, and i think that all the insults you have got from the other site have been to some extent unjustified...i think the single biggest weakness in you theory on tht/knob-to-the-pitcher thing is not the notion itself but the defintion/explanation of it....

and your comments in ypur most recent post, i fear will enourage more ridicule, and quite frankly you will deserve it....really, how many major league hitters have their thumb and therefore the knob of their bat anywhere close to their shoulder at any pont in their stride or swing, much less having it close to their shoulder at launch position?....i think what you have just said is not much less worse than paul pettrica's article at webball.com (if the article is still there)....

jack, i think you have boxed yourself in....you don't want to admit that there are still things about your theory that still needs to be figured out...i honestly don't think it would hurt you or your credibility to simply say there are questions iut there that still need to be resolved and then seek to resolve them....but every post you ever make in response to criticism is always defending tour theory and never once admitting that some of your thories may have some flaws that need working on....

jack, please clearify or recant your remarks on a hitter keeping his thum close to the shoulder....i say all of this in the spirit of constructive criticism, because for the most part ypur theories are sound...but honestly, sometimes you nlow it, and this is one of those times....

hopefully i will not be banned....respectfully, grc....<<<

Hi Grc

On of the absolute keys to rotational transfer mechanics is not to extend the hands away from the back shoulder during initiation as with linear mechanics. Therefore, the top-hand should be pulling back during initiation not pushed away. The “Thumb to the Shoulder” drill has helped many of my students accomplish this.

Grc, as I place little value on your opinions, I could care less whether you agree or disagree. I have told you before that I do not agree with, nor wish to discuss, your revised “knob the ball” theories. Whether you address yourself as grc, Bart or etc, please address your future post to someone other than me. Five years of rehashing the same old topics with you is enough.

Jack Mankin