Posted by: josh () on Mon Jun 19 06:12:33 2006

> Here's a video of Mantles swing. He shows alot of Linear movement.
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> http://imageevent.com/siggy/hitting/pro?p=33&n=25&m=12&c=4&l=0&w=4&s=0&z=9

but notice how ounce the front foot is planted the forward momentum is stopped.the linear movement is just creating torque or seperation of the lower and upper halfs. And if u watch closely at there heads ounce the foot planted forward momentum is stopped and alot of the heads are actually goin backwords at contact.