Thanks. They can't ever take that away from me. Good to be here
Posture does affect the swing plane. The upper body load and hip turn get the shoulders turning into the plane set by the posture. The bat stays in the momentum plane of the shoulders.
The preswing and maintanence of the posture through the rotation turns the shoulders if the load is correct you will have a short radius swing that gives the described appearance of short to the ball with great acceleration that produces a great unforced follow through.
The follow through is caused by the unimpeded flow of a connected swing on the right plane and from an inside out path.
THere..now your both right!! Welcome Bubnbran.....Please PM Linear for a glossary of terms. I can speak in three baseball lunguages now. To get credit you must speak his. I haven't passed a test yet....this will be no exception....or maybe a C What about it Linear...please
The preswing and maintanence of the posture through the rotation turns the shoulders if the load is correct you will have a short radius swing that gives the described appearance of short to the ball with great acceleration that produces a great unforced follow through.
The follow through is caused by the unimpeded flow of a connected swing on the right plane and from an inside out path.
THere..now your both right!! Welcome Bubnbran.....Please PM Linear for a glossary of terms. I can speak in three baseball lunguages now. To get credit you must speak his. I haven't passed a test yet....this will be no exception....or maybe a C What about it Linear...please
Welcome bubandbran, i'm excited to have you here! 
bbscout, I could not have said it better. That is it in a nutshell. Good word.
I believe a combanation of the two. If you are looking for certain pitches your body will follow suit in your approach to the ball. So Hank was probably looking in, recognized it out of his hand and his body did what it had been trained to do on an inside pitch, and the same thing on the pitch away. Make sense? I can't speak for Hank, but that is my opinion.
Please don't call me sir, AB is good and it is an honor to be here. Thank you for your kindness.
I'm curious.....how many will ************* who is off base on his comments about posture.
Clearly by his description he has no understanding about it. Mattingly? poor posture.....please. Gwynn? Puhlease.
Clearly by his description he has no understanding about it. Mattingly? poor posture.....please. Gwynn? Puhlease.
quote:...I been around the game my whole life and I have never heard of anyone say that good posture makes a good hitter. Sorry.
That sums up the mlb experience.
Survival of the fittest.
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Lets see now==posture with MLB hitters--Stan Musial--can we start there
Linear
not called ******* up--it is called listening somebody who has substance--something you certainly lack
Linear
not called ******* up--it is called listening somebody who has substance--something you certainly lack
Come on TR. Give us your definition of posture as it pertains to hitting.
Tell us what is wrong or right with Musial's posture.
Explain to us the veritcal load, carrying the load into footplant, creating forward movement by turning.
How does it affect the swing plane?
Swing plane, you say?
Yes, swing plane.
Something that has meaning.....something other than see ball, hit ball....which is your the total of hitting instruction on this site for your entire tenure.
Tell us what is wrong or right with Musial's posture.
Explain to us the veritcal load, carrying the load into footplant, creating forward movement by turning.
How does it affect the swing plane?
Swing plane, you say?
Yes, swing plane.
Something that has meaning.....something other than see ball, hit ball....which is your the total of hitting instruction on this site for your entire tenure.
Mr. Linear, with all due respect, pipe down! I never said posture wasn't important, it just isn't the most important thing. Ask any professional scout what he is looking for in the swing of a prospect. Posture would be about 5th on the list. You defiatley need to have it. But, I never got a hit on posture. I got over 1,000 using my hands. I don't wish to argue with you. So if you need me, for your egos sake to tell you, you are right, then, Mr. Linear, you are right.
quote:Originally posted by swingbuster:
Posture does affect the swing plane. The upper body load and hip turn get the shoulders turning into the plane set by the posture. The bat stays in the momentum plane of the shoulders.
The preswing and maintanence of the posture through the rotation turns the shoulders if the load is correct you will have a short radius swing that gives the described appearance of short to the ball with great acceleration that produces a great unforced follow through.
The follow through is caused by the unimpeded flow of a connected swing on the right plane and from an inside out path.
THere..now your both right!! Welcome Bubnbran.....Please PM Linear for a glossary of terms. I can speak in three baseball lunguages now. To get credit you must speak his. I haven't passed a test yet....this will be no exception....or maybe a C What about it Linear...please
It appears to me, that as much as we disagree, we know more about hitting instruction than the mlb player.
Does it surprise you? Not me.
quote:Originally posted by bubandbran:
Mr. Linear, with all due respect, pipe down! I never said posture wasn't important, it just isn't the most important thing. Ask any professional scout what he is looking for in the swing of a prospect. Posture would be about 5th on the list. You defiatley need to have it. But, I never got a hit on posture. I got over 1,000 using my hands. I don't wish to argue with you. So if you need me, for your egos sake to tell you, you are right, then, Mr. Linear, you are right.
It's amazing how those who can have no idea how.
quote:Originally posted by PGStaff:
its,
I gotta be honest with you. I don't agree with everything Linear says. I don't like the fact that he gets a bit personal with cutting remarks in his replies.
I tend to like everyone, but sooner or later we have to recognize what's going on. Linear IS NOT the only one making the cutting remarks! I know because I read a lot of what's written!
Thank you.
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Mr. Linear,
You know as much about baseball as I know about flying a plane. I have read about it, studied it, been on planes. But you wouldn't me at the controls because I can't do it, and never have. I know a lot about it, but really and truly fly a plane. Have you ever been in a batter's box?
You know as much about baseball as I know about flying a plane. I have read about it, studied it, been on planes. But you wouldn't me at the controls because I can't do it, and never have. I know a lot about it, but really and truly fly a plane. Have you ever been in a batter's box?
AB,
Welcome aboard and congratulations on your accomplishments. As you know we can all learn from this game no matter where we have been or what we have done.
The problem is folks have to keep an open mind. It will not take you long to figure which ones have that trait.
O42
Welcome aboard and congratulations on your accomplishments. As you know we can all learn from this game no matter where we have been or what we have done.
The problem is folks have to keep an open mind. It will not take you long to figure which ones have that trait.
O42
AB welcome 
AB .. ? Alex Benitez, huh, Albert Buhos, uhh, Brad Ausmus.. no that's backwards, uhh, A. J. Burnette... no he's current, uhh, uhhh
Thanks fellas, going to be for now. Over 1,000 professional hits by the way, not major league ones. I wish I had that many up there. Good night gentlemen.
I'm happy he's here also.
And, it has nothing to do with his 1000 hits. Congratulations.
It has everything to do with him getting those 1000 hits and not knowing how he got them.
A perfect example of a guy who learned to do, yet can't tell anyone how he does it.
He says posture isn't a main ingredient. Well, that's typically said by people who already have good posture and take it for granted. By taking it for granted I mean, his instruction will assume all have it because he had it. Not so.
Posture ranks in the top 3 if not #1 in why young kids can not hit.
And, it has nothing to do with his 1000 hits. Congratulations.
It has everything to do with him getting those 1000 hits and not knowing how he got them.
A perfect example of a guy who learned to do, yet can't tell anyone how he does it.
He says posture isn't a main ingredient. Well, that's typically said by people who already have good posture and take it for granted. By taking it for granted I mean, his instruction will assume all have it because he had it. Not so.
Posture ranks in the top 3 if not #1 in why young kids can not hit.
