Posted by: Sean () on Thu Oct 23 09:53:08 2008

> "One thing I disagree with, you will never reach your swing potential without maximizing your athlete ability."
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> As ESPN baseball analyst Tim Kurkjian always says "Baseball is a skill sport not an athletic sport."
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> Being strong or in shape is nice and can make it easier to get through the season but it doesn't directly improve performance on the field. Plenty of guys in the Major Leagues who aren't in optimal shape but still put up all-star numbers. The reason they can do this is because they have the skills.


Well I think he was saying that you'll never reach your maximum bat speed potential without the correct exercises imposed on the best swing you can make.

Obviously if you don't have the best skill of swinging, no matter what exercise you do, you won't be at your best potential.