Posted by: BMill (brumil2@hotmail.com) on Sat Jan 1 07:39:03 2005

In the discussion on THT about when it starts I think you described it as starting when the batter makes his step. I changed my daughter to rotational mechanics but she prefers the no step approach. It seems to work better for high level and college fastpitch softball. My question is if most of the baseball hitters are initiating the swing with a step and starting THT (which would be earlier than a no step swing), wouldn't it be harder to lay off a pitch as opposed to the no step. Maybe that's why to me it (no step) seems better suited to fastpitch because of the shorter distances. Anyway , Jack, have you see any advantages or disadvanteges as far as generating bat speed and THT?