Posted by: Josh () on Mon Feb 12 13:28:59 2007

> Hi guys,
>
> Couldn't being on plane with the pitched ball for as long as possible through the hitting zone
> be considered a somewhat linear characteristic that a hitter should try to achieve? Or is
> someone going to state that that is a rotational characteristic. Does it matter?
>
> Jimmy

If you want to get technical Ted Williams is the first I know of to talk about swinging level to the ball and he was a rotational guy. Charlie Lau the linear guru who's books I have read and learned plenty from said you should want to swing down to the ball for backspin.

Josh