Posted by: T Olson () on Mon Mar 5 10:27:07 2001

It's easy to identify hitters that use rotational mechanics because most of them do. I'm still waiting to hear about one that doesn't.

Most also use weight shift as well--some more than others. Just because McGuire releases his top hand doesn't make him a weight shift hitter. Just because Aaron had a healthy stride sometimes does not make him a weight shift hitter.

I know in the past there have been more pure weight shift hitters than today's game. There are many hitters today that stride to a pre-bent leg and than use the extension of the leg to drive rotation.

In reality, there are too many permutations to clearly classify hitters under either type--although I would say there is a trend to less aggressive weight shift (back to middle rather than striding into the front leg) and smaller strides.

Many times we argue about terminology (we use different words to describe the same thing).

Tim