Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sun Jan 1 11:09:25 2006

Hi All

Happy New Year! – I would like to start the new year by addressing a topic I brought up In December 2005 but received no response. It concerns ‘bat speed’ vs ‘bat quickness’. I noted while visiting some of the other discussion boards that a good number of coaches believe that a batter my generate great bat speed but be slower getting the bat to the ball than a batter with less bat speed.

I have trouble understanding how two batters can launch the bat from the same position and the batter who generates less bat speed could get the bat to the same contact point quicker than the batter generating greater bat speed. Would someone help enlighten me on this subject?

Note: I define “launch position” as the position of the bat when shoulder rotation (and the swing) is initiated

Jack Mankin