Posted by: Joe A. () on Tue Aug 7 05:12:29 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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> > > > Hey Paul
> > > > Where can I read your article? Sorry. nevermind
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> > Whom ever,
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> > As described in the post above, "the bat rests on the bicep muscle."
> > Now people who come to this site know that I am not one to be overly critical, but what is this about? There must be more to it or something I don't understand?
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> > I took this to the lab and I have some questions. What part of the bat rests on the bicep muscle? Are you holding the bat with two hands when you do it? Every time I try to tilt the bat back to put it on my upper arm my elbow goes down and it moves the upper arm away. Did anyone else try thig? What happened?
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> > Is this guy putting somebody on? Why didn't he give the address of where the article could be found. Did anyone read this article?
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> > Joe A
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> >Joe A.......the article is at www.webball.com.........

Whom Ever,

GRC, thanks for the information.
I looked at this web site. I could not find the article but, in looking for it I read some of the stuff. I never did find it but there is so many instances of bad information that I think the site sould have a warning label on it: Reading This Will Be Hazardous To Your Swing"

It's no wonder that so many kids can't hit.

Joe A.