Posted by: John E. Rickel (rickj@azstarnet.com) on Tue Nov 12 10:04:47 2002

>>> > Hi Richard
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> The SwingMate will give you 1mhp accuracy reading when the bat is moving straight at or straight away from the unit. I have found it will retain that accuracy with the unit pointing up to 6 to 8 degrees off center. The readings start dropping off at about 9 degrees at about 2% per degree.
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> Most batting schools I have visited use the unit with a heavy bag. They mark a spot on the bag and place the SwingMate about 18 inches behind the bag so that the bat-head is coming straight at the unit. This gives an accurate contact velocity reading on nearly every swing.
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> Jack Mankin
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Jack,
I'm a 51 year old father of 4 boys, the two oldest being 10 and 8. I bought your tape and am teaching rotational mechanics to the boys. In order to better teach the mechanics I've been trying it myself. When I measure my batspeed on the heavy bag I'm somewhere in the mid 60s, and off the tee I'm in the mid 70s. Does this mean I'm getting max speed after contact? Or could there be another reason. And if I'm getting max speed after contact, how do I remedy the problem?