Posted by: Kurt () on Tue Nov 1 20:14:41 2005

I would also like to know what you think of the A to C pathway the hands take to the ball for some hitters.
http://www.hittingacademy.com/ohalibrary/picpages/atocpathwaypic1.cfm

Personally I think this is the optimum entry angle that the hands should take to the ball to produce a consistent swing plan and an accurate bat. Because no matter how fast you swing the bat it doesn't matter if it doesn't hit the barrel. I put it this way: a bat moving through the contact zone at 85 mph with a long, loopy, momentus, and Uncontrolable swing, in which the ball hits the handle of the bat, is not going to travel as far or as fast as a bat moving through the contact zone at 75 mph with a short, sharp, and controlled swing, in which the ball hits the barrel (sweetspot).

Now a lot of people would look at this argument and say, "well since you're saying that a slower swing is more accurate you may as well bunt everytime!" That's not what I'm saying. What I am saying is that although batspeed is important, swing control is important too. And somewhere in the mechanics of the swing the tradeoff between batspeed and swing control has to be made.

I don't care whether the bat is moving through the contact zone at 100 mph, if you don't make contact in the sweetspot (or somewhere close) you'll end up with a bunch of weak outs.

After looking at the mechanics being taught on this website, I just don't think it takes into consideration swing control.

Hitting is an art of finding balance. Just like you have to balance batweight with batspeed to get optimum batted ball speed, you have to balance mechanics than are conducive to batspeed with mechanics that are conducive to swing control to get an optimum balance between power and consistency.