Posted by: dougdinger () on Sun Oct 2 13:20:01 2005

> Hi Dave,
> I thank you for your post. I was wondering if the tennis balls were thrown by a pitching machine or from some type of tennis ball machine? Thanks!
>
> Erik

Oh, that reminds me of a drilll where the coach labels a ball with a number, and the hitter has to tell the coach what the number was on the thrown ball. I never tried this, but I heard about it quite a few times.

And by release point square, I don't mean the exact release point. a smart pitcher or inconsistent one you'll have a hard time picking up the ball that way. I mean a big square, an area, big enough area so that if the release point changes it's still inside that square somewhere.
To be honest with you, when I hit, I don't try or think of trying to pick up a release point. I just see it, and hit it. It worked well for me this past summer. Thanks.