Posted by: >>> Jack, (>) on Mon Jun 25 13:36:19 2001

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> Many of the games best hitters (i.e. Ken Griffey, Jr., Mark McGwire, Mike Piazza, Nomar Garciaparra, Barry Bonds, etc.) have stated how they develop batspeed, whether it is Weight Shift, Staying inside the ball, Attacking the ball, Cracking the whip, etc., and none of them have said that they use rotation and torque AT ALL!
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> So if I am correct in stating that a person must KNOW that they are applying torque and rotation to correctly and most effectively do so, does this mean that the games best hitters (who say that they develop batspeed through different ways) could be much better if they knew that they were applying torque and rotation and tried to apply more over a greater portion of the swing?
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> Or am I completely wrong in saying that more batspeed would be developed if a person knew what caused batspeed and thus more effectively used it(torque and rotation)?
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> Have the best hitters been using these forces while actually thinking that they were using other forces? If so, why are these forces being accidentally applied?
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> Please clarify this with me. Thank you... F. Giffrey <<<
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> Hi F. Giffrey:
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> You stated; "To me, after reading your material, it seems that in order for a person to develop batspeed through torque and rotation, they would be very conscious that they are doing so. I feel that if torque and rotation were to be used, the batter would need to KNOWINGLY apply these forces... they are not natural movements."
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> Your statement seems to imply that torque and rotational energy are just a couple of additional forces a batter can choose to apply to devels is inserted in the message tree before each new thread is listed -->

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what are some things i can do to increase my batspeed?. also how can i tell if i am using my hips or not?
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> Whom Ever,
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> If you don't know if you are using your hips, you are probably not. If you think about it when you swing in practice you should be able to tell if you are using your hipts to start the swing.
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> You will increase bat speed if you use your hips. The swing unwinds from the feet to the shoulders creating torque. If you do it right you will develop greater bat speed.
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> If you are not using your hips, and you proably aren't, do on the tee and start working on turning the hips first and allowing the upper body to follow.
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> You must remember most of the information on this site is for hitting homeruns not for the methods for developing good hitters. Even for that most of the information is wrong.
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> Joe A.
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