Posted by: Alan () on Thu May 23 10:26:25 2002

I'm relatively new to this site.
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> However, I've got some pro baseball
> experience(Angels organization) and I'd like to
> think I'm a little knowledgeable about the
> swing.
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> I'm interested in some opinions on this topic.
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> Would you say it's fair to say that rotational
> mechanics maximize bat speed but minimize
> the amount of time the barrel of the bat stays
> in the hitting zone? Therefore, rotational hitters
> will hit for more power but will often strike out
> much more.
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Mabey Scott B can help explain why RM works, I can only give you my experience. Both of my kids we dead pull hitters (left field) before RM and when they started using RM they began to hit the ball to all fields. Based on this I'd say the bat must spend more time in the zone because they are hitting it in more locations than before.

One other side benefit I've noticed with RM is when the batter doesn't hit the ball squarely. My kids have gotten more of these weak liners that drop in for hits (just over the infielders heads) when they don't get all of the ball. Again mabey the bat actually stays more in the zone.
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