Posted by: mike (yanks4321@aol.com) on Wed Feb 21 14:04:25 2007

> > Jack,
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> > One thing that I see is that your Div 1 hitter is going to have to stay through the baseball longer if he wants to have a chance at the professional level. Once he made contact with that ball off the tee his barrel could have stayed through at least six more inches or so
> before it made the left turn. Your circle around the hitter should look more like an oval.
> >
> > He is much too rotational, in and out of the hitting zone. This is an example of what professional coaches work hard on with newly drafted players due to the misleading instruction they recieve in college. He will find out one day if he is lucky.
> >
> > Jimmy
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> Jimmy:
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> This is a different hitter. This is a clip of John Elliot, who played for the Astros organization. In his playing days, he had only average mechanics. Now in his coaching days at age 42 (after Jack worked with him), he exhibits good rotational principles, and his bat speed increased over 10 mph. If John had this swing at age 25, he would have done quite well in the pros, but he did not back then. Unfortunately, his pro coaches did not have the knowledge to spot the flaws in his swing when he was a player.
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> You are correct that the bat leaves the hitting zone quickly, but as we pointed out in the clip he was demonstrating hitting an outside pitch (and he pulled it toward the short stop). On an outside pitch, this is common.
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> Take a look at Pete Rose's swing at Youthbaseballcoaching.com and you will see virtually the same circular hand path that John has: www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/mpg/Rose.mpeg
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> Brian


I have to agree with Teacherman and Jimmy.

But in my own opinion, everyone thinks way too much about the whole linear and rotational theory. From what I have read on this site, most of you think that EVERY average hitter is linear. By linear, you guys say "A to B" In my entire life, I have never seen a hitter go exactly "A to B" as you guys say it. No one does it. You claim that if your not rotational, then you go "A to B". Please, someone give me a clip of someone actually hitting going "A to B". And I am not talking about a clip that some hitting guy made where he shows an example of a "A to B" swing. I want an actual clip that shows someone going straight "A to B", with no rotation at all. Because I guarantee you cant find one. It is impossible to hit a ball with any authority using "A to B". Never in my life have I seen someone do that. Maybe its not completely rotational, but it is definitely not "A to B" as you describe it. I think you just think that rotational is something that cant be natural, you think that everyone just hits linear.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying you guys teach the wrong things at all, I think you guys are great. But you describe rotational as if no one does it unless they are taught it. Like I said, please send me a clip of a real hitter hitting linear as you claim it to be "A to B" Hitting is both rotational and linear, not just one.
Thanks