Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Mon May 2 13:19:40 2005

Jack et al-

I am always interested in cues that are popular/passed on/somehow survive.What is it that might or might not be useful in how they are interpreted/how they encourage you to swing?

Hitting the top half of the ball for some reason persists (Lau,Bonds,etc.) even though it clearly is not what "really happens".

Here is a link that has a link to Bonds explaining his cues to softballer Jennie Finch:


http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/video/twib/index.jsp


once you get to this TWIB index page,scroll down to 5/29/04,then click on "pitch hit and run with Jennie Finch" (not the other links which sound similar).

I suspect the hit the top has something to do with being conscious primarily of top hand/back arm emphasis through contact as a swing key,but beyond this I'm not sure why it works for enough people that the cue survives.