Posted by: Joe A () on Tue Oct 9 13:15:41 2001

Hello
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> You can call it whatever you wish, but the videotape proof is conclusive.
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> Poor hitters advance their hands toward the ball with a shoving or throwing motion that disconnects the lead arm from the upper body.
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> Good hitters accelrate the bat back toward the catcher, then the hands move into a circular orbit and the lead arm moves in sync with the upper body. The bat head then gains maximum speed from shoulder rotation.
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> Personally, I cannot see how throwing the hands would be a useful thing to think about. But if someone can do that and the result is consistent with what good hitters do, it doesn't matter.
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> It is unreasonable to think that someone could come to this board and say disconnecting the hand path from rotation is good technique and not expect to be corrected.
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> Melvin

Hey, your not paying attention, yiu can sling something in a cirle path or you can sling it straigt.but it doesnt matter anyway.Havnt you heard of a hammer throw? I dont agree or disagree but at least adress the experiments the guy did