Posted by: Dave (cdpaetkau@telus.net) on Fri Feb 7 00:32:13 2003

Teacherman you must agree there is a weight shift it just is not as pronounced as baseball due to the reaction time required to contact the ball. Most top fp hitters use very little foot movement and tend to weightshift to the front foot that either replants or pivots ala Paul Molitor. He hit very much like fp players with very little leg movement/foot movement and uses it as a trigger for the start of the rotation. This may not generate the greatest bat head speed but will generate a more consistant bat head speed throughout the swing. I would rather have a swing that would go from 0 to 100 in .15sec and maintain it throught the swing then have a swing that goes 0 to 130 but does not achieve this speed till .2sec later. I try to teach the good girls swing all the time but I find that prior to -10 bats most but not all girls had problems because of excessive bat weight. If most major mens teams with 180-220 pound players are using 26-28 ounce bats, and not to sound sexist, but most girls who do not have the muscle mass should be using lighter bats so that the bat is a part of the swing not what rules the swing. This of course is IMHO.

dave