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Posted by: Paul () on Tue Feb 22 06:12:52 2011

The other day I was out on the field for my high school team. The first question asked was "what is the shortest path between two points". Almost everyone (excluding myself) answered a straight line. Last year, my coach complained that the team couldn't hit an inside pitch. This year, the same thing will likely happen. Why are hitters so indoctrinated with "a to b hand path, casting (CHP) is bad, swing level to the ground, not the ball" rather than "swing slightly up, use CHP, and don't squash the bug"? Some of my coaches believe that everyone must swing linearly. I swing rotationally with THT/BHT. I firmly believe that I should continue the way I am hitting. Opinions?

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Re: the things you hear at a HS baseball practice Jeff [ Wed Feb 23 07:44:49 2011 ]
Re: the things you hear at a HS baseball practice
KML [ Tue Feb 22 20:01:47 2011 ]
- Re: Re: the things you hear at a HS baseball practice
  Paul [ Thu Feb 24 14:03:24 2011 ]
  - Re: Re: Re: the things you hear at a HS baseball practice JCAZ [ Tue Mar 1 14:14:49 2011 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: the things you hear at a HS baseball practice Paul [ Wed Mar 2 16:06:03 2011 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: the things you hear at a HS baseball practice JCAZ [ Fri Mar 4 13:14:31 2011 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: the things you hear at a HS baseball practice Paul [ Fri Mar 4 17:02:47 2011 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: the things you hear at a HS baseball practice Paul [ Thu Mar 24 14:33:25 2011 ]

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