Posted by: Hitter () on Fri Feb 4 17:44:10 2005

>>>There are some Sosa clips at http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/swings.html . Do any of those clips show what you described?<<<
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> Yes, if you take a look at that page you linked, the video with this picture -- http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/images/Baseball_Clips_2-t0020.jpg -- displays what I mean. Just when the video His lead arm begins high, then descends to about his belly button, then rises again. That last ascension is what I am talking about.
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> Players such as Bonds lift their front arm as the bat begins rotating toward the catcher, but they do not lift it as high. At one point (that point I specified), Sosa's front arm is parallel with the ground.
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> Is raising the arm this high beneficial to bat speed?
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Sorry, I meant to say, "Just when the video hits about 2 second, Sammy raises his lead arm, with his elbow almost on par with his head."