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Posted by: ray porco () on Sun Jul 8 18:30:33 2001

hey grc,
> >
> > please go back to a post started by you in june.
> >
> > "keeping the weight back" grc Mon Jun 11 10:47:58 2001"
> >
> > kindly review it, and please give me your take on my question(s).
> >
> > thanks,
> > ray porco
>
>
> >ray.....from what i can see, a-rod has his front shoulder slightly ointed to the ground during stride and by time he finishes swing his spine his vertical.....he looks a lot like textbook charley lau sr, hitting over front foot....from what i can see, he is not "keeping weight back", but that is why i asked the question in the first place as to what "keeping the weight back" really means.....but he seems to meet jack's criteria for a good swing.....back to center, bent front leg, rotation around a stationary axis..respectfully, grc.......

grc,

doesn't look like he's keeping his weight back, does it? without seeing more swings by A.Rod, i am hard pressed to come to a definite conclusion. Aaron's mechanics baffle me too.
what i was trying to ask jack was - if the ball's path is 10 to 15 degrees downward and A.Rod tilts his axis TOWARD the pitcher, how does he get his swing plane to be online with the path of the ball???

ray porco

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> hey grc,
> > > 
> > > please go back to a post started by you in june.
> > > 
> > > "keeping the weight back" grc Mon Jun 11 10:47:58 2001"
> > > 
> > > kindly review it, and please give me your take on my question(s).
> > > 
> > > thanks,
> > > ray porco
> > 
> > 
> > >ray.....from what i can see, a-rod has his front shoulder slightly ointed to the ground during stride and by time he finishes swing his spine his vertical.....he looks a lot like textbook charley lau sr, hitting over front foot....from what i can see, he is not "keeping weight back", but that is why i asked the question in the first place as to what "keeping the weight back" really means.....but he seems to meet jack's   criteria for a good swing.....back to center, bent front leg, rotation around a stationary axis..respectfully, grc.......
> 
> 
> grc,
> 
> doesn't look like he's keeping his weight back, does it?  without seeing more swings by A.Rod, i am hard pressed to come to a definite conclusion.  Aaron's mechanics baffle me too.
> what i was trying to ask jack was - if the ball's path is 10 to 15 degrees downward and A.Rod tilts his axis TOWARD the pitcher, how does he get his swing plane to be online with the path of the ball???
> 
> ray porco

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