Posted by: coach13 (halour@netscape.net) on Wed Feb 21 08:21:07 2007

> > Hi Jimmy
> > I am going to interpret your definition of linear from your previous posts to mean that
> the hands move prior to contact. If this is wrong please correct my assumption. There is
> no evidence to justify that the elite hitters use this technique. Even if they dont realize it.
> The more we deal with the reality of what we do to be successful, that is the more we
> understand what we are trying to acomplish the easier it is to master. I know not every que
> works with every athelite, but my example of the softball player now a head coach that at
> one time was a linear hitter and was given ques and drills to become a rotational hitter
> credits that having a clear understanding of the differance helped her become one of the
> elite hitters in the game. Again lifetime BA of .402 and slugging % of .779 is nothing to
> sneeze at in a game where pitching dominates.
>
> Coach,
>
> Again, the softball player may have been taught a poor, strictly linear swing as I do not
> promote. Strictly linear mechanics do not work!
>
> What I do suspect is that since she had a strong background with linear mechanics, then
> was intruduced to rotational mechanics, she probably did not intend to, but naturally
> meshed the two into what I believe is the most efficient approach to hitting. A combination
> of rotational and linear concepts.
>
> And yes, the hands are a huge ingredient in the swing prior to contact.
>
> Jimmy

Hi Jimmy

Your assumptions of the meshing of linear and rotational concepts is incorrect she made it clear that she used only rotational concepts for herself when she played, and now in teaching her players the CORRECT concepts. Her statement is that if the hands move prematurely they disconnect from the body. That is why elite hitters no matter what is taught, no matter what is queued, no matter what agenda the coach has, uses the rotational forces the body generates to be great hitters.