Posted by: summart () on Fri Dec 20 13:14:00 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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> > > > When does the bat start moving?
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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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> > > > When does the hip cock(does it ?)?
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> > > 3 and 2?
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> > > > How did hank adjust ?
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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.
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> > 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.
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I do not see a lot of HIP COCK probably the reason for such a BIG (harder) stride. I do see a lot of bat head cock and you can see how the swing radius is different for the different pitches. BUT it is not clear to me what Aaron does differently in the two swings to get the two different results. Is it a later stride? Maybe that is why he strides more towards the plate/ball on the outside pitch, because he has more time. What were the results of those two swings? Were they both homeruns and to what part of the field? Video is fun and the side by side clip of Aaron is a keeper. Does anybody know how to get that to disc to be able to save it for future reference?