Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sun Jan 1 20:00:55 2006

>>> One guy can get his bat moving 80mph quicker than the next. And, the guy who take too long to get there better do something else before the bat is sawed off in his hands.

BTW, I'm sure you've heard of Dave Kingman. He waved a quite a few as he was going from 0-80.<<<

Hi Teacherman

We can just talk in circles or you can describe the mechanical difference and show us some clips to backup what you say.

I have studied many clips (100, 60 and 30 fps) of hitters with power and those who were mainly single hitters. I did not find power hitters slower to the ball. In fact, I found just the opposite. Hitters like Bonds and Sosa were about a ½ frame faster to contact than Boggs and Rose type hitters.

There are over 50 clips at http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/swings.html , many of them are power hitters. If this slowness to the ball occurs as frequently as you indicate, I am sure you will have no problem naming those clips and explaining why their mechanics produce bat speed but is slower to the ball.