Posted by: bob (burnett@cbtarchitects.com) on Sun Apr 23 13:39:54 2006

> I dont know, maybe I am wrong, but I do not see why everyone has never heard of
anything on this site. This site says that 99% of baseball players dont use these mechanics
and everyone is wrting these thank you messages on the discussion board. There is
nothing that you should be surprised at. What is so different about this swing than a
regular one. Just because you bring your hands straight to the ball or you use a more
circular path, it wont make that much of a differnce. Everyone acts like they have never
seen a normal hitter take a stride and load in their swing. It is not very hard to hit. I think
this site breaks down the swing a little too deeply. As I read through the swing mechanics
page, the swing looked like a regular swing to me. Nothing looked different. Everyone
gets so amazed like they have never learned to hit before. All you have to do is take a
stride, bring your hands back to the load position, and as you start your swing, tuck your
elbow to the side and watch the ball hit the bat and the rest will just go where it has to go.
Please reply and let me know what is so different about these mechanics and regular
mechanics.

>I dont know, maybe I am wrong, but I do not see why everyone has never heard of
anything on this site.

I think you are wrong.

>This site says that 99% of baseball players dont use these mechanics
Again wrong. It says that most of us have been TAUGHT linear, but that most great hitters
demonstrate rotational mechanics.

To me, rotational mechanics are a natural way to swing so that's probably why you are
taken aback by discussion indicating this is something new. What is new is the clarity with
which it's presented. This is pretty much the same stuff Ted Williams talks about in his
book "The Science of Hitting", originally published in 1970.