Posted by: hitguy () on Fri Aug 31 12:29:48 2001

is bat speed over rated????? but how long does it take to get that speed.what is important in baseball top end or quickness???? you can still have a very fast bat and be late on the ball, you could have average speed and jack balls. take for example: jeff bagwel not the fastest "bat speed". he considered a power hitter, and when compared to griffey, mac ,sosa, or even nomar his bat speed does not even compare. this would be speed accuracy trade off: the fact that performers must trade-off speed in order to increase accuracy or trade-off accuracy to increase speed. would hitting the ball off the sweet spot of the bat be as important as increasing ones bat speed.how come theres never any discussions about the importants of accuracy?????? which is truly important?????????