Posted by: Jamesy () on Fri Jul 28 01:25:10 2006

> I just finished my first season at William Jewell college. After refurbishing my swing I have done a lot of research on rotational versus linear hitting mechanics. Our coach teaches linear mechanics. I had my doubts at first, but after sticking with it I find that I have better plate coverage and an INCREASE in POWER! Many of the best hitters in our conference come from our team. All of them with sound linear mechanics. In fact, a couple of years ago our shortstop led the conference in homeruns (15). The amazing thing is he was no more than 5'10 175lbs. Certainly not a powerhouse. I just cannot buy into the fallacy that linear mechanics is for weak hitters.
> If anyone can sell it to me I would be more than willing to listen.



That makes no sense to me. I have never seen a power hitter who doesn't hit with a circular hand-path. Infact, I don't think I have seen a hitter, since Gwynne, that is linear? However, I have noticed that O'leary hasn't written back, so I assume he is trolling. But if he isn't, show me some clips of these hitters.