Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Mon May 2 10:08:25 2005

>>> Jack, I agree with all of your methods and techniques on hitting accept this one. I preach using your concepts to try to hit the top half of the ball to create the back spin for line drives ground balls. If one misses the top half of the ball those are your homeruns. Another way of looking at this is when one serves a ball in tennis, and how one rolls their tophand to obtain top spin. <<<

Hi TDS

I would like to take credit for inventing the methods and techniques taught on this site. However, they are findings from my study of the mechanics great hitters have been using for decades. Other than accepting my analysis of the swing plane exhibited by the best hitters, I suggest you ask yourself Mike Epstein’s question – “Do we actually teach what we see?”

As I told Scott, at - http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/swings.html – there are 47 clips of good hitters. Study the plane of their bats approaching contact. I doubt you could go wrong teaching what you see.

Jack Mankin