Posted by: dave (dave@aol.com) on Tue May 16 13:14:07 2006

> > I think I cant really grasp how to get a rotational swing. Could someone please list the most important parts in a rotational swing? I would really apreciate this. How important is a CHP rather than a straight hand path to the ball? Please rpely. Thanks!
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> > P.S. - Is Alfonso Soriano a rotational hitter? If he is, then that would mean he has a CHP right? (sorry, I am very new to this stuff, you can probably tell. :-)
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> In laymans terms, the fastest way from here to there is a straight line. This is a linear thought process.
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> But if a spring were attached to the linear function it would be possible to launch the object faster. The spring component is the rotation which has an elastic principle to it. The key is to create the elastic function. Without the elastic function, the rotation would be a slower swing because the straight line is naturally the shorter distance.

So how do I create the elastic function? What in my swing do I have to do to create it?