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Posted by: George () on Thu Sep 13 15:50:23 2007

> I'm just an innocent by stander but I have been reading all of the conversations about PLT & THT and I would like to way in. Shawn you have mentioned before that, "the bat arcs in my swing without doing anything special. I don't call it mechanics." I do agree with you that if you simply rotate your hips and shoulders the bat will arc back without doing any thing special. In order to swing a bat the barrel has to arc back, unless you are dropping the barrel straight out in front of you(taking the barrel straight down to the ball, which makes no sense). I also agree that not all good hitters display PLT and that there is more then one way to create early bat speed (not maximum early bat speed). But, is not having PLT the most effective way to hit is the question. The answer is no. The hitters that are mentioned are big and strong and they can get away with starting from a static position(that doesn't make it right or effecient). Lets talk about young teenage kids like the ones I coach that are not as big and strong as the players that are mentioned. PLT is essential to early bat speed. They could not generate the same early bat speed from a static position. So to answer one of your earlier questions about the little bit of movement back prior to initiating the swing, does it really make that big of a difference? Yes, in fact to reach your maximum early bat speed it is a must. Good hitters that are big and strong, who hit homeruns without PLT, don't see a need to adjust there swings. Just because they still hit homeruns doesn't mean there being efficient.

Graylon. I think I am hearing you right, but correct me if I am wrong in interpreting your comments.

Are you saying that some of the good and or top hitters we see are not using the same rearward acceleration?

If the answer is yes, can you name some of the hitters you feel are not using optimum mechanics and or rearward acceleration?

Why do you think a major league hitter given the information that is out here and or having a teammate who used proper mechanics would not himself use optimum mechanics?

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> > I'm just an innocent by stander but I have been reading all of the conversations about PLT & THT and I would like to way in. Shawn you have mentioned before that, "the bat arcs in my swing without doing anything special. I don't call it mechanics." I do agree with you that if you simply rotate your hips and shoulders the bat will arc back without doing any thing special. In order to swing a bat the barrel has to arc back, unless you are dropping the barrel straight out in front of you(taking the barrel straight down to the ball, which makes no sense). I also agree that not all good hitters display PLT and that there is more then one way to create early bat speed (not maximum early bat speed). But, is not having PLT the most effective way to hit is the question. The answer is no. The hitters that are mentioned are big and strong and they can get away with starting from a static position(that doesn't make it right or effecient). Lets talk about young teenage kids like the ones I coach that are not as big and strong as the players that are mentioned. PLT is essential to early bat speed. They could not generate the same early bat speed from a static position. So to answer one of your earlier questions about the little bit of movement back prior to initiating the swing, does it really make that big of a difference? Yes, in fact to reach your maximum early bat speed it is a must. Good hitters that are big and strong, who hit homeruns without PLT, don't see a need to adjust there swings. Just because they still hit homeruns doesn't mean there being efficient.
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> Graylon.  I think I am hearing you right, but correct me if I am wrong in interpreting your comments.  
> 
> Are you saying that some of the good and or top hitters we see are not using the same rearward acceleration?
> 
> If the answer is yes, can you name some of the hitters you feel are not using optimum mechanics and or rearward acceleration?
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> Why do you think a major league hitter given the information that is out here and or having a teammate who used proper mechanics would not himself use optimum mechanics?

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