Posted by: The Hitting Guru (hitman3527@aol.com) on Sat Jan 7 18:55:38 2006

Jack Mankin. A few years back, Mike Schmidt spoke of a combined system that used rotational with some aspects of linear in order to produce a swing that used a slight upswing with a somewhat level finish. Are you familiar with his theory (book "The Mike Schmidt Study") and if so, what is your take on his findings. Besides Schmidt players who may have used a combined approach were probably Cal Ripken Jr., Dave Winfield, Gary Sheffield and Hank Aaron. Their finishing point appears to be more forward rather than pulling through and having a slightly backward finish like a Fred McGriff, Jim Thome or Ted Williams who had a complete rotational finish.