Posted by: The Hitting Guru (hitman3527@aol.com) on Sat Jun 3 15:15:20 2006

> > > > Benefits
> > > > 1. a simple swing and approach
> > > > 2. less likely to go into prolonged slumps
> > > > 3. greater contact on fastballs
> > > > 4. easier to use the hole field
> > > > 5. uses more upper body strength
> > > > 6. easier to hit the high pitch
> > > >
> > > > Flaws
> > > > 1. decreased power
> > > > 2. harder to hit the low pitch
> > > > 3. harder to breaking pitches
> > > > 4. tendency to hit the ball off the end of the bat
> > > > 5. less batspeed
> > > > 6. tendency to pull off pitches due to lack of batspeed
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi hitman
> > >
> > > Im will have to disagree with some of your benefits and flaws of linier hitting this would be my list of benefits and flaws
> > >
> > > Benefits
> > >
> > > 1. simple swing
> > > 2. easier to hit the high pitch
> > >
> > > Flaws
> > >
> > > 1. decreased power
> > > 2. harder to hit the low pitch
> > > 3. harder to hit breaking pitches
> > > 4. tendency to hit the ball of the end of the bat
> > > 5. less batspeed
> > > 6. tendency to pull off pitches due to lack of batspeed
> > > 7. more likely to go into prolonged slumps
> > > 8. more difficult to hit fastballs because the bat is not in the contact zone long enough
> > > 9. more difficult to use the whole field with enough power to get the ball out of the infield.
> > > 10 requires more upper body strength
> >
> >
> > Coach 13. Would you care to explain your reasons for 7 and 8 under flaws? Thanks.
>
> if the bat is in the hitting zone for a longer period of time woulden't that be the point that its actually moving slower?
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Scott. The statement "the bat is in the hitting zone for a longer period of time" simply means that the angle of the bat is in line with the angle of the pitched ball. This phrase has more to do with distance than time. The batter's swing would have to be tracked in order to give a correct answer.