Posted by: Major Dan (markj89@charter.net) on Fri Dec 20 08:41:11 2002

Here's a nice clip of Shawn's that has shown up in quite a few places.
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> > How about this authors hypothesis of adjusting inside out by stride placement?
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> > We know what Ted said-SCIENCE OF HITTING,p 47:
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> > "This is wrong because it's impossible."
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> I think Ted was right. The difference in camera angle creates the illusion, at first glance, that beabetter is right.
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> I would say the bat starts moving back toward the catcher in frame 5 on the left and frame 4 on the right. Early tht for the farther out location?
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> Arcing handpath on the left and early tht on the right?
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> How'd I do professor?
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> Mark H.

If the swing starts from the middle (hips/torso) as Paul Nyman says, then any 'adjustment' of foot placement is a reaction to hip movement, not a conscious placing of the foot in relation to pitch location.
The time between reading the pitch and starting the swing is measured in small fractions of a second. That's not enough time to take a premeditated step in a particular direction.
It does seem possible that a body (hip/torso) turn timed to a general pitch could modify during read to pull the body slightly one way or another.
Its also possible that in these two particular swings, Aaron was looking for a certain pitch and got it in both cases. If so, any 'adjustments' we see are simply different swings for different occasions.