Bluedog you have no idea what I know about hitting because as you said I rarely partake in discussions in this forum. I don't come here very often because a large number of discussions get turned into a "using the bathroom" contest or people using big terms when they explain something just to feel good about using big words. I don't want to discuss hitting with people who have extremely inflexible views. I know I don't have all the answers and I never will but I do like to try and find them.
What you posted in this thread is ridiculous.
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If a swing is efficient, the swing plane will consistently dictate line drives to be lifted over the infield and under the outfield.....
If you're consistently hitting line drives at people, your swing plane is less than efficient
I'm not going to turn down a basehit that gets over the IF and in front of the OF but to say a hard hit ball at a player is inefficient is ridiculous. I don't care if you even try to pull out a semantic argument by pointing out you put the word consistent in your reply. For that argument to hold water you would have to define how often consistent is.
If a kid drills a ball and it happens to get caught then I'm ok with that. The purpose of hitting is to hit the ball as hard as you can - it's not to place it. There is a ton of open field out there and to try and place it with an efficient swing is pointless.
Anytime you want to discuss hitting in a mature non-confrontational situation I'm more than willing to do it.