Posted by: ray porco () on Sat Sep 17 14:15:29 2005

It is difficult to describe what I see to some one else.

****** No ####! ******

Unfortunately I don't have the capability of uploading clips…

***** It IS unfortunate ******

…, but one of the clips I was referring to was posted by Dave A on 9-4 at this site.

****** Can’t you even take the time to provide the link?******

The others were on invision, but I can't remember when.

*****I’m assuming here that you don’t care if I view them or not.******

That being said, and based on your potential for video analysis, when do you feel, in an ideal situation (because in trying to reenforce mechanics mith my son I try to work under ideal conditions) as in hitting off a tee, should the arms begin to move away from the body, …

******almost immediately upon shoulder rotation******

…and where should the hands be relative to the chest at contact?

******not perpendicular, if you are using the sternum as the intersection of a line drawn from one shoulder to the other. The angle is more acute toward the rear shoulder******

Also, when should the bat head begin its upward approach (assuming that if the plane of the swing is circular and the bat head must swing down, parallel to, and then up relative to the ground), relative to contact.

******in professionals (more times than not) the frame proceeding contact @ 60 fps. In relation to anatomy, a decent reference is when “sweet spot” is even with the rear knee when viewed from the side.******



As far as:

The faults I was trying to describe were 1. the bat head falling below the plane of the pitch and swinging back up through it (ie as in trying to "lift" the ball, and 2. a situation in which the arms do not leave the chest sufficiently such that the bat head descibes a more parabolic plane where it moves out towards the line of the pitch wiyh the rotation of the shoulders, but then pulls away as the shoulders approach full rotation pulling the left arm with them. At contact, even though the sweet spot is hit, the bat head is "cutting" across the ball. The result can be seen as a ball hit by a right handed hitter that starts to the left, but curves back to the right in flight.

******Goes against my grain to comment, and will be the last from me without a visual.
Check-
1. Lead elbow not targeted to imaginary pitch plane (working on tee). Is his lead elbow working too much up?
2. Is lead arm barring (not bending at elbow at all)?
3. Is rear elbow ahead of hands when bat is parallel to ground?
4. Is top hand wrist releasing too late?******


Your welcome.