Posted by: () on Wed Aug 1 19:41:52 2001

>>> First, I want to compliment Jack on developing this site for people to seek and share information on hitting. Although I have not seen Jack's video, much of the information I have read on his site about his theory makes good sense. My name has been mentioned on this message board periodically becasue I published an article in 1996 about a technique that includes the power of "torque" in the baseball swing. Reprints of this article also appears on several websites. The reason for my message today is to respond to some of the feedback regarding the hitting technique that I have been teaching for the past 10 years. As noted in a June posting, my technique employs the use of a "flat bat" or a bat that rests on the bicep muscle (not the shoulder. The key in my approach is that the bat does not just rest on the arm, it is pressed on the arm creating torque. The results are more line-drives, more power, and fewer strike outs. The reason I like this site is because Jack also employs torque and rotational theory as an effective approach to hitting at all levels. Keep up the good work Jack! <<<
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> Hi Paul
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> Welcome to the site. You deserve a lot of credit for your work on torque and rotational mechanics. If you would like to post your material on the site, feel free to do so. I am sure a discussion of your article would further our quest for defining good batting mechanics.
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> Jack Mankin


Tim Timmons taught much the same thing a few years ago in Houston and it was very effective and easily learned, but, a good low inside strike seemed to find a weakness for this technique. My oldest son and daughter used it for a couple of years and looking back I would say it did promote many of the rotational ideas Jack has explained here and it was certainly a shortcut to take a clueless hitter to reasonable effectiveness in a hurry.

Mark