Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Tue Oct 30 10:42:44 2001

Everyone,
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> Ooops, I didn't do something right in the first post. Sorry. Here is another one.
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> If I understand correctly, this site is dedicated to educating people about good hitting by using better mechanics. My question is "what are the resluts of good mechanics?"
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> Is batting average an indication of good and poor mechanics? If so, what is the batting average that is the line between good and poor mechanics? Is above 300 an indicator of good mechanics and below 300 an indicator of a problem? 290? 250? Where is it?
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> Or, are homeruns an indicator of good mechanics? If so, how many indicates good mechanics?? What is the number of homeruns that is the difference between good mechanics and poor mechanics?
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> These performance indcators have numbers associated with them. If we are talking about mechanics being the way to better performance what are the numbers that will show good mechanics?
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> F. J.

Mechanics are an important part of the overall hitting package.One of the popular overall stats today is on base percentage plus slugging percentage.