Posted by: Dennis W. () on Mon Jan 15 23:38:21 2007

Jimmy-
Brush up on your reading skills. I do not even hint every swing is a contact only swing. When would a batter utilize an inside-out swing....when he's down in the count. This is what I mean, EVERYTHING must be spelled out. And yes, I have played for years, even managed a free ride playing ball at a leading SoCal Univ.
95% of all MLB hits are a result of an adjustment during the swing. A perfect swing is actually recieving the ball you have been anticipating.
Anyhoot, concede to the fact that Linear mechanics is as outdated as a -5 bat. Swing a few with wood and tell me which you prefer.
There is only one way. I like using the pinball flipper example. Stationary, rotational... if the ball is outside, let it get deeper before you slap it, early...slap it out front...that SIMPLE.
In every sport, motions are learned, there is little arguement over what is optimum. We get to baseball, and we have fellas like yourself contributing to the decay of run producing hitters...kinda like the introduction of the aluminum bat. Ask yourselfs since -5 is no longer used, 20% of all HS batting averages went down. A year later, after adjustment in their swing to resemble something more rotatinal, those figures went up.
If you do not understand now you never will. I hve hit linearly my ENTIRE High School career. I was fortunate enough to meet Jim Noche early in my College days, at the moment he intoduced me to the linear swing, MY LIFE CHANGED. Like I said free ride.....

The Hitman