Posted by: Shawn (mariner0324@yahoo.com) on Thu Jan 12 19:45:42 2006

> >>> Jack Mankin. In your opinion what type of hitter was George Brett (Rotational, weightshift, or a combination of the two)? Because George was the most successful hitter under Charlie Lau Sr., it stands to reason that he used principles professed by Lau. But often what is actually done comes under different terminologies. And in some instances two people may be talking about the same principles, except that they explain them differently. Also, since Brett was the last man to go late in the season hitting over .400 should we not include his approach more in our discussions. (Food for thought) <<<
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> Hi Hitting Guru
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> Charlie Lau Sr. was a highly respected batting coach that taught the swing as he saw it. Other than Brett’s long aggressive stride, what attributes of his swing would you attribute to Lau’s teaching?
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> Jack Mankin

Hi,

What exactly was Lau's teachings??

Lau didn't go into the details that we do, but one thing he had right was the evils of a powerful top hand. When I read Lau (Sr), I get the feeling he's talking more about the over-all approach to hitting. We do not know exactly how he went about teaching his ten absolutes, except in his writings he was concerned about the over-all approach.

I think he did down play the role of hips in his writings somewhat and in a video by him I saw. Although we don't know exactly how he approached it with hitters.

There are some things I agree with Lau on and some things I don't. We need a good clear clip of Brett to determine which parts of Lau's teachings are present. For example did he have rythym in both the stance and the swing, did he go back before going forward, did he shift the weight forward toward the pitcher, etc., etc.,.