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Posted by: daw () on Sun Jan 2 19:37:38 2005

>>> As I said in my response to the post in question, the one kid on our softball team who somehow naturally picked up rotational mechanics, including THT, uses absolutley no stride. In fact, she uses very little motion whatsoever until launching. She is coiled in her stance, front shoulder already turned inward, with her front knee cocked in and her front-foot heel already off the ground, with the back of her front foot practically facing the pitcher. Though she is not a big kid, she has always had been a big-time power hitter with a hugely quick bat. I also mentioned that the linear hitters on our team, as they became accustomed to rotational mechanics, seemed to shorten up their strides "subconsciously". This leads me to believe that there is a tiny difference, if any, between striding and not striding (using rotational). <<<
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> Hi daw
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> The longer stride may have had an advantage to the linear mechanics taught for generations. These hitters mainly relied on the backside to swing the bat. Transferring their weight forward to a firm front leg and rotating the back hip forward may have aided in bringing the backside around. Since the back hip rotated around a posted front-hip, it was referred to as a “back to center” movement of the axis.
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> Today’s rotational hitters use a more balanced approach by having the front-side rotating back toward the catcher as the back-side rotates around toward the pitcher (stationary axis). It is the pulling back of the lead-shoulder to the 105 degree position that produces the “hook” in the hand-path and applies maximum BHT.
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> Batters have found that taking a long stride and transferring their weight forward is not conducive to rotating the front-shoulder rearward. They are finding it is better to take a short soft stride (or no-stride) and use the extension of the lead-leg to rotate the front-hip and shoulder rearward.
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> Jack Mankin

>>>>Hi Jack, makes sense to me, and the last paragraph of your post describes what I think we were seeing as our linear hitters adapted to rotational mechanics, ie, they began "subconsciously" shortening up their strides.

daw
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> >>> As I said in my response to the post in question, the one kid on our softball team who somehow naturally picked up rotational mechanics, including THT, uses absolutley no stride. In fact, she uses very little motion whatsoever until launching. She is coiled in her stance, front shoulder already turned inward, with her front knee cocked in and her front-foot heel already off the ground, with the back of her front foot practically facing the pitcher. Though she is not a big kid, she has always had been a big-time power hitter with a hugely quick bat. I also mentioned that the linear hitters on our team, as they became accustomed to rotational mechanics, seemed to shorten up their strides "subconsciously". This leads me to believe that there is a tiny difference, if any, between striding and not striding (using rotational). <<<
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> > Hi daw 
> > 
> > The longer stride may have had an advantage to the linear mechanics taught for generations. These hitters mainly relied on the backside to swing the bat. Transferring their weight forward to a firm front leg and rotating the back hip forward may have aided in bringing the backside around. Since the back hip rotated around a posted front-hip, it was referred to as a “back to center” movement of the axis.
> > 
> > Today’s rotational hitters use a more balanced approach by having the front-side rotating back toward the catcher as the back-side rotates around toward the pitcher (stationary axis). It is the pulling back of the lead-shoulder to the 105 degree position that produces the “hook” in the hand-path and applies maximum BHT. 
> > 
> > Batters have found that taking a long stride and transferring their weight forward is not conducive to rotating the front-shoulder rearward. They are finding it is better to take a short soft stride (or no-stride) and use the extension of the lead-leg to rotate the front-hip and shoulder rearward. 
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> > Jack Mankin
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> >>>>Hi Jack, makes sense to me, and the last paragraph of your post describes what I think we were seeing as our linear hitters adapted to rotational mechanics, ie, they began "subconsciously" shortening up their strides.  
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> daw
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