Posted by: Dennis W. (nym_baseball@planet.nl) on Tue Nov 21 13:52:39 2006

People,
For crying out loud, forget Albert Pujols per se. On that website there are ample examples of getting that back hip around. Pujols does it one way, Bonds does it another way. Look at each clip and tell me what you see that ALL MLB batters share in common.....YUP ROTATIONAL MECHANICS in their swing. That is to say the CORE principles are present...hips lead, etc, etc.
As it is in everything....solid technique mixed in personal STYLE.
When you look at the stance of most batters....they are all different.
At the moment their swing initiates, most have the power v on the top of their strike zone. Some pre-load, some don't.
Most of us are not MLB players here, so let's not get caught up in long debates about squish the bug vs. 90 degree rear leg bend. The point is, let us start teaching the Little league'ers the correct mechanics in generating the energy needed for a run producing hit.
If squishing the bug doesn't work, try something else. The point is rotate, let the bigger muscles lead. Outside pitches, you should not change your swing, just let the ball get deeper and send it to opposite field.