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Re: Re: Line Drives


Posted by: George () on Fri Sep 21 13:17:41 2007


> > Any tips for hitting more line drives? And do you lead with the hands when you swing?
>
> First, define what a line drive is....
> Most say level to the ground, which is also their definition of a level swing.
>
> To me and many other experienced ball players who are literate in what they execute (as opposed to those who just produce what a good batting coach instructs them too) a line drive is a struck ball that travels back in the same plane (or close to it) it did to the plate.
> A ball approaches the plate from high to low plane, so a line drive would have to be low to high. A level swing matches this plane of the pitched ball.
>
> Dennis W.


Dennis W. Cut the young man some slack. You know what he is referring to. You know he wants to hit the ball hard on a line which is not the typical flyball that is easily caught.


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