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Posted by: Shawn (mariner0324@yahoo.com) on Tue Mar 6 16:03:37 2007

> > > I'll comment on it. It appears to be a video of Bonds taking a bp cut.
> > >
> > > With thousands of pictures and videos of Bonds out there, I suppose this one is showing something that has rarely been seen before and strengthens the agenda of someone.
> > >
> > > My guess is that we are supposed to focus on Bonds letting go with one hand or something along that line.
> > >
> > Steve,
> >
> > Are you blind that you cannot see this is game footage? You can't see the pitcher or can tell this was shot from a helmet cam from the catcher?
> >
> > You tell me what you see.
> >
> > I think the clip shows several good things.
> > > As I've mentioned from time to time, it's amazing how people can look at one image and see what they are looking for and discount the thousands of other images that show something else.
> > >
> > > So Shawn, what are we supposed to see this time?
>
> Yeah, I must be blind. I thought maybe it was shot during an earth quake.
>
> It looks like he was out in front of the pitch. I've seen him look better. That catcher needs to keep his head still. It makes Bonds look like he's falling over the plate.
>
> Sorry for my sarcasm. The m.o. is usually to find a good hitter taking a bad cut and start showing everyone how he's now hits like they want them to hit.
>
> So what do you see?

One thing I see is how the elbow lowers as the hips begin to rotate, during that time the shoulders remain closed. If you put the clip into Quicktime you can view it frame by frame. So he is showing a very good sequence from the lower body up to the upperbody. Which is not surprising because I see this in most Bonds clips.

Another I see is how the bat moves from vertical to down into the swing plane. Jack likes to say the bat is accelerated backwards first, but there is as much if not more movement from vertical down into the swing plane. I see this in Sosa as well, lots of movement from vertical to downwards.

http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/mpg/Sosa06.mpeg

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> > > > I'll comment on it. It appears to be a video of Bonds taking a bp cut.
> > > > 
> > > > With thousands of pictures and videos of Bonds out there, I suppose this one is showing something that has rarely been seen before and  strengthens the agenda of someone.
> > > > 
> > > > My guess is that we are supposed to focus on Bonds letting go with one hand or something along that line.
> > > > 
> > > Steve,
> > > 
> > > Are you blind that you cannot see this is game footage? You can't see the pitcher or can tell this was shot from a helmet cam from the catcher? 
> > > 
> > > You tell me what you see. 
> > > 
> > > I think the clip shows several good things.
> > > > As I've mentioned from time to time, it's amazing how people can look at one image and see what they are looking for and discount the thousands of other images that show something else.
> > > > 
> > > > So Shawn, what are we supposed to see this time?
> > 
> > Yeah, I must be blind. I thought maybe it was shot during an earth quake.
> > 
> > It looks like he was out in front of the pitch. I've seen him look better. That catcher needs to keep his head still. It makes Bonds look like he's falling over the plate. 
> > 
> > Sorry for my sarcasm. The m.o. is usually to find a good hitter taking a bad cut and start showing everyone how he's now hits like they want them to hit.
> > 
> > So what do you see?
> 
> One thing I see is how the elbow lowers as the hips begin to rotate, during that time the shoulders remain closed. If you put the clip into Quicktime you can view it frame by frame. So he is showing a very good sequence from the lower body up to the upperbody. Which is not surprising because I see this in most Bonds clips.
> 
> Another I see is how the bat moves from vertical to down into the swing plane. Jack likes to say the bat is accelerated backwards first, but there is as much if not more movement from vertical down into the swing plane. I see this in Sosa as well, lots of movement from vertical to downwards. 
> 
> http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/mpg/Sosa06.mpeg

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