Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sat Aug 31 17:00:42 2002

>>> Jack,I think the lag is refering to a time in the middle of the swing when your on plane with the ball but the barrel is lagging behind the hands[a point right after the barrel stops pointing at the catcher].I think it is just apoint of reference in the swing.I can only speculate the release to be a premature wrist roll to take the barrelout of the chp.Shawn may clear it up. <<<

Hi rql

I think your definition is correct. If it is just a position the accelerated bat-head passes through, then fine. But some may think they can wait until the bat reaches that position (lag position) before applying force to accelerate the bat-head. You just cannot start the swing from that position (flat bat) and still generate good power on anything other than an in-side pitch. If the bat-head has not been accelerated by that time, you’re dead on middle-out pitches.

Jack Mankin