Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Tue Mar 8 15:19:14 2005

> > Hi All,
> >
> > One of the benefits of Jack's information is that, with correct rotational mechanics, the batter can pull all pitches. This will make smaller players consistent power threats (see Mar. 2003 or Mar. 2004--my memory escapes me--for a discussion on this topic.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > BHL
>
> I've been working on rotational hitting and agree with it but I'm having trouble pulling the ball. Most of the frozen ropes I hit in the cage are up the middle or slightly to the right. Am I not pulling my hands around quick enough?

Hi Dan,

If going up to middle or to the opposite field gives you enough power to clear fences on all pitches, then use that model.

However, if you fall "short" of the fences, try doing what SBK suggested a while ago: 'stand on the plate, and learn to pull inside pitches, so the outside pitches will seem like pitches over the plate, enabling them to pull them' (Bonds). To do this, you use what Jack calls "bottom hand torque."

Another option is standing a moderate distance from the plate, and using a combination of "bottom hand torque and top hand torque." Doing so will allow a person to pull pitches that are inside and outside (Griffey).

The final option is to learn how to apply "top hand torque" well enough to pull outside pitches while standing way off the plate (McGwire).

These are three models I can think of at the moment.

Good luck with your swing!

BHL