Posted by: jusris (jusris@yahoo.com) on Tue Jul 29 14:17:47 2003

>>> clips are good but only if the right clips....many people take the easy way, getting front views of the hitter, which are a dime a dozen, rather than taking the time to get the more difficult to obtain side clips....also, many people do not use a gif animator program to break out the clips in still frame by still frame, and yet they think they are understanding the clip.... <<<
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> Hi Bart
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> I wholly agree with you that in order to give a thorough video evaluation of a hitter’s swing mechanics, it must be viewed in frame-by-frame action. In fact, many times I will go back-and-forth between two frames five or six times to more clearly see and understand what was occurring at some portion of the swing.
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> However, what is puzzling to me is that it appears you find much value in side clips and very little value in those from the frontal view. Whereas, in my video analysis, I get as much (if not more) information from the front view. Therefore, I am curious as to what key points of the swing you look for that you feel determines the efficiency of the batter’s mechanics?
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> Jack Mankin
> Stupid question but exactly what is the front view and side view of the batters. Is the pitchers view the front view, or is it the side view because we are looking at the batters side. Is the over the plate view the side view or the front view since we are looking at the front of the batter?