quote:
Front foot hitters get fooled more, pop up more and strike out more.
Quincy,
I agree with what you've stated above, except...
Front foot hitters also get more hits, hit more home runs, more walks, more everything... simply because there are many more of them.
We need to see how much weight is on the back foot at contact position in the best hitters, when they have hit the ball the best.
I think all of us would agree that Pujols has a very good efficient swing. On page 6 of this thread, micmeister posted a link to Pujols swing by Chris Oleary. Clip 22 is moment of contact. Is there "any" weight on the back foot? Is there any weight on the stride foot?
Not sure I've heard anyone talking about catapult action here. Did someone mention catapult action?
Bottom line... I can understand why someone might believe it is best to get the swing started early, with the stride. Not that I believe it, but that would be a theory that all people interested in hitting might at least listen carefully to. But if I'm reading correctly, you are saying it is best to be a backfoot hitter.
The biggest problem remains when you still say ideal contact would be made as the stride foot touches.
A couple comments in red..
quote:
If you go back and read from the start, there is no mention whatsoever of where the foot would be when making contact except that there is no catapult action off the front foot.
The question hasn't been where the foot lands but rather when it lands and contact being made at that point. That has been mentioned over and over. And on that one point no one shares your theory and no one can find proof of it ever happening. Not even in golf! Sometimes it's best to learn rather than teach. No one knows everything, everyone is wrong at times. Lord knows, I lead the way on being wrong.
Ideally, the perfect swing would make contact when the front foot is landing. Perfection is a rare thing even in nature.
I really do believe you have helped some young hitters with this advice. I just think they take parts of what you tell them and aren't able to do what you're saying. My problem is you are now claiming that in the "PERFECT" swing, ideally contact is made when the front foot is landing. If a young kid had no knowledge other than the above and hears this is "basic" technique, I think he would be starting off on the wrong track. There's a good reason why the no stride approach became popular. Not that I necessarily agree with that either.