Posted by: Dilbert (mjordan1@cerner.com) on Mon Sep 9 10:14:05 2002

Yes this site is called batspeed. And more batspeed is better.
> > > > > > My question is:
> > > > > > How important is it how quickly you can get your bat up to speed?
> > > > > > Which is more important - highest batspeed or how quickly you can get your bat up to a lower but reasonably good batspeed.?
> > > > > > Or would you rather have greater accleration or greater top end batspeed.?
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> > > > > I would suggest the following:
> > > > >
> > > > > Good contact on the bat. You need to find the sweet spot.
> > > > >
> > > > > Speed or reaction time to the pitch. How else can you hit a 95 mph fastball, split finger, curve etc. a long swing might produce more batspeed but no contact.
> > > > >
> > > > > Batspeed. How else can you hit it over a 400 ft fence?
> > > > >
> > > > > They all all important for success.
> > > >
> > > > Your right but neart the top of the list would also be skawshing the bug and not having the hands to low or high Also finishing high helps to.
> > >
> > > Skawshing the bug?!
> >
> > Yep, squashing the bug, also known as PIVOTING.
>
> Xian, I'm fairly sure I understand the technique, I was simply referencing your spelling. I'm also fairly certain that you won't find many bug "skawshers" here. On the original question, am I correct that bat speed is relative to rotation?.

Is batspeed relative to rotation? I'm not sure I understand what you are saying. I don't think batspeed and rotational speed are equal. I suspect that quicker rotation leads to greater batspeed.
Ultimately shoulder rotation speed and batspeed should be related.

In relation to my original question, can different techniques of rotation/ lower body mechanics lead to 1) different shoulder rotation speed? 2) faster or slower acceleration to maximum shoulder rotation speed?
Which is more important? would you trade top end rotation speed for quicker accleration? or visa versa?