Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Wed Nov 14 14:47:03 2001

>>> Have you heard of dave hodgens? He was a hitting coach for the A's and is selling these videos. He teaches linear mechaincs and I was wondering if you have ever communicated with him or anything <<<

Hi Nick

In the late 90’s I posted my views on Dave’s and a couple other discussion boards. I think Dave would agree that we found little common ground in our discussions. Weight shift and extension batting principles are not compatible with rotational mechanics. This is especially true with transfer mechanics or the defining of forces that act on the bat to develop bat speed.

I came to the conclusion that the best way to present the findings (batting principles) I had concluded from my study of the baseball swing was to develop my own site. Once I had made that decision, I felt it only fair that I not continue to post my views on Dave’s or other sites. So, for about a year I made no post of substance on any site.

Jack Mankin