Posted by: THG () on Sun Jul 6 15:26:36 2008

> > The only joke here is you shooter. I see you're very stuck on your college level of play. Did you get drafted? I didn't think so. Can you please post a clip of your big time D1 swing? I would love to see this. Can you also please break down your swing for all of us? I'm interested in your expert analysis of your D1 swing shooter.
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> > If you played against alot of top d1 competition and hit .325 then I commend you that is not easy,but what is this thread directed at,who is the reference to
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> > EL,


ALL. With regard to the torque argument, there is no way to prove that it exists, especially without an extreme closeup view of the hands.

What Jack preaches is not different than what Tom Emanski preaches in Teaching the Mechanics of the Major League Swing II (with regard to the cocking of the wrists.)

And since Jack fails to produce names and or video of hitters which demonstrate less than optimum mechanics at the major league level, it is questionable as to if the THT/BHT is simply a matter of opinion.

Many hitters use some type of cocking motion, some just bring the bat to the launch position (Jim Thome, Paul Konerko) while others start in the launch position (Alfonso Soriano), still others glide into the ball (Al Kaline, Jason Giambi, Frank Thomas, Robinson Cano, George Brett) some use none or hardly any rearward acceleration (Kenny Lofton, Albert Belle), some hitch only to bring the hands back up (Ortiz) and some use longer strides to spring into the ball (Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle).

Bottom line is various styles produce results depending on the level of talent of the player, what he was taught, and how good he can make adjustments along with some luck and hard work determines hit fate at higher levels.