Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Tue Feb 13 23:30:04 2001

>>> hi jack...i think it's interesting (and great!!!) that Mr. Rotation (you) and Mr. Weightshift (Charley Lau Jr) can find common ground on several issues....in fact, i have said a number of times that differences in weightshift and rotation are not as radical as many people think.....i welcome your dialog with mr. lau i hope mr. epstein will also contribute as he did at setpro......and speaking of epstein and setpro, did you see what i think is a cheap shot paul recently took at epstein?...cheap shot in the sense that sense paul's forum is now one-way dialogue epstein has no way of responding to paul's comments....respectfully....grc... <<<

Hi grc

I would agree with you that there is common ground for discussion. This is especially true with how energy is developed for the swing. I think we all (Paul, Charley, Mike and myself) would basically agree that a batter might or might not take a short stride. And although we may describe it in different terms, we would also probably agree that the body rotates around a fairly stationary axis.

Our main area of disagreement is in the scientific principles and the accompanying mechanics regarding how the energy is transferred in the swing to generate bat speed. Regardless of what batting style the hitter chooses, the same laws of physics will govern all types of batting mechanics. And one can not pick and choose how those laws are interpreted to justify some pet theory. The same principles that govern bat speed development for rotational mechanics is just as true for linear mechanics. --- I would predict that just as our views on energy development has found much common ground for agreement, the same will happen with energy transfer – but over time.

Grc, I hope Paul will join in a two-way discussion. He has a lot to offer.

Jack Mankin