Posted by: PatA (patrick_allison@reyrey.com) on Fri Feb 7 09:52:40 2003

Mark,
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> > I'm glad you posted this note. I just bought the Mankin tape and watched it twice already but not ready to claim to be an expert. I downloaded that clip and thought, she's doing rotational hitting.
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> > I have a book from Louisville Slugger on the 50 most common hitting faults and how to correct them. It is a linear books but all the still photos of the great hitters shows them using rotational mechanics. You would laugh, they show Barry Bonds cocking his bat before his swing and call it one of his "flaws" but he is strong enough to overcome it.
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> So they figure they know more than Barry Bonds? Strong? I'd say he was strong enough to overcome linear hitting instructors.
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> They have eyes but they do not see. They have VCR's with slow/stop motion and computers complete with the quicktime download but they do not know what to do with them.
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> Mark H.

Mark
Right on, why would LS be motivated to say anything about Bonds swing, especially when there is zero understanding of what he does. His flaw is a non flaw, it's his style, his bat launch is perfect as is the rest of the mechanical part of his swing.