Posted by: The Hitting Guru (hitman3527@aol.com) on Sun Feb 26 15:00:55 2006

Jack. This is a continuation of my previous post regarding "Trying to hit a homerun every at bat cancels consitency".

I almost forgot to mention Lau also believe that (like you have mentioned to a different degree) all successful hitters do certain things which he believed could be taught to anyone with above average athletic ability and repetition. One of his key observances was that the hitter has to be in the launch position once his lead foot hit the ground (see art of .300 video and or book). It is noted that the launch position for some was different from others, but never the less each hitter was at his own launch position for consistency. Ex. A Chuck Knoblack's launch position would be different from a George Brett, but both hitters batted in the high .300s on more than one occasion.