Posted by: Stiff hips () on Fri Jul 6 09:34:25 2001

Over the past few years, my 12 yr old and I have had many workouts late into the night on our LL field. Occasionally, stiff old Dad has taken the bat for some swings to show that hitting a baseball is a skill that never totally leaves a player. I usually did fine- mostly line drives, no popups and an occasional threat of hitting it out some 200-215 away. But never out of the yard. Like I said, stiff ol' Dad. (Am also built like a runner, not Big Mac) But recently, I discovered this site and have come to the realization that I (we) have been doing linear mechanics. Anyway,after studying the frame-by frame swing here, thought I'd attempt a crude facsimile at the ol' park last nite. I'm sure it was very crude, but in 13 pitches with my new wooden bat, there was a nice mixture of hard(er) grounders, liners, and 6 big ones that ended up on the Babe Ruth field- 3 of which landed in the BR infield. I can now retire. We'll be getting the videos. (The only bad part is how difficult it was getting the old runners hips out of bed this morning.) Thanks, Jack!