Posted by: The Hitman (ahsnumber3@aol.com) on Mon Sep 9 19:53:15 2002

Any suggestions on how to correct a long swing?
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> > > > > > > Instead of A to B to C, try A straight to C. The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.
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> > > > > > The human body is levers moving in arcs around joints. We don't work in straight lines. When you say "long swing" can you be more specific? To me, a long swing is one where the top hand arm extends prematurely (casting). Is this what you are talking about?
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> > > > > > Mark H.
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> > > > > Thanks, I think that's all I needed was something to hang my hat on. I tried it last night and it definetly made my swing shorter. Thanks again.
> > > > Hey Art
> > > > While viewing baseball's most succesful hitters, I noticed that none of them needed to wrap the bat in order to generate batspeed. If you do wrap, you most notice it is not necessary for great batspeed. Usually people who wrap the bat around their heads are primarily bottom hand torque hitters with a long swing, Hope this helps you.
> > > > The Hitman
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> > > Hitman, bat-wrapping is an extension of bat-cocking. The more you point the bat towards the pitcher, the longer it will take you to uncock. Assuming , after decision to swing that you still have enoufg time to swing (and that's a big if), more shoulder/hip seperation will result at what Epstein would call the "torque position". So bat wrapping has nothing to do with bottom hand torque, and if anything could be considered an extreme extension of what you all call "top hand torque".
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> > > Having said that, many coaches call bat wrapping a "long swing" because it "looks" long.
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> > > And many coaches call a "linear" swing "short" and "compact", again, without a real understanding of what "long" and "short" really means.
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> > > From torque position to contact there are 4 frames. Except for severe exceptions, the first three frames look about the same. The key is the 4th frame. For rotational hitting, during the 4th frame the hands continue in the circular path. For the linear hitter, during the 4th frame the top elbow starts extending almost out of it's "L" position. Sopme bat speed is lost, some accuracy is gained, and the pitch is contacted a little bit farther out in front. This is a "long" swing, and yet ironically these same coaches think it's short!!!
> > Bart
> > I should have spoken more clearly, if the batter has the bat wrapped around his head at launch-(when the stride foot has landed)then it is a long swing.
> > The Hitman
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> At stride foot landing or at heel drop?
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> Mark H.
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At heel drop