Standing in the Batter's Box

Comment by Don Ervin on October 26, 2010 at 12:01am

Fellas,
Lets be logical, one's prime contact point areas are always going to be basically in the same spots, areas in relation to one's front hip and leg or belly button no matter where one stands in the box the prime contact point areas will basically always be 90 degrees to the flight of the ball and app. 15 degrees in front or app. 15 degrees behind 90 degrees to the flight of the ball no matter where one stands within the box and home plate is just basically a reference point for the umpire to arrange his strike zone around which is without a doubt the most important strike zone of the three zones. and we all know from our years of experience that when standing in the rear of the batters box there is not much of a chance one's prime contact point areas will allow one to make good contact out in front of the plate unless one has a transfer of weight distance like "TIM LINCECUM has when he is driving away from the mound into a distance of 120 per. cent of his body height, All in all as one moves around, forward and/or back in the batters box one's prime contact points, areas moves accordingly for the batter to execute his approach to the thrown ball either in a positive or a negative manner.

Speaking of Lincecum and his comment that his arm just goes along for the ride, yes it does but leaving it at that to me can be very confusing to those who do not understand the intricate principles and body actions that start from the ground up at the proper time in the proper sequence creating triple extension up into and through the legs on up into and through the hips on up into and through the upper torso on up into and through the shoulders creating hip and shoulder separation on into the arm out into and out through the finger tips at the balls release point.
My point here is that as the ball is taken out of the glove led by the elbow then by the hand as the hand gets the arm into its movement there is a tremendous amount of arm energy, speed and momentum followed by the body energy transferred to the arm as it goes through it's full range of movement from out of the glove and continuing on through to its ball release point and follow through, so as we see the arm doesn't just do nothing, but go along for a ride it has it's own individual, energetic movement to finish out it's total pitching movement.
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