mauer swing on the front page of espn

[Hobbs.]

There is an 8 frame clip of a Joe Mauer swing on ESPN right now. As somebody who took a lot of hitting leasons in high school and early college it's amazing how perfect each part of Mauer's swing is.

From starting his swing with a slight weight shift forward and movement of his back knee before his hands, to the direct line his hands take to the ball, to the balance (you could draw a straight line from head, through his knee to the ground) in his follow through. As a huge baseball nerd dragging through the clip was a thing of beauty [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Evan]

I don't mean to hijack, but did anyone check out the video of Tiger's swing on nikegolf.com? Really cool slow motion and an unbelievably perfect swing. I must have watched it 50+ times from all the different angles.

[ThaSaltCracka]

looks like Ted Williams.

[Dids]

Evan,

I don't mean to post a picture of a boar in this thread, but well, here's a picture of a boar... in this thread.



Hobbs,

This is pretty awesome. It's about the first time I think ESPN has ever done something like this (in terms of spastic use of java/whatever) and had it rule this hard.

[J.R.]

Its a shame they spend 5 shots on the relatively meaningless follow through and miss the most important part of the swing (the inital timing mechanism)

[Jack of Arcades]

http://blog.swingtraining.net

[battschr]

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Its a shame they spend 5 shots on the relatively meaningless follow through and miss the most important part of the swing (the inital timing mechanism)

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Agreed
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http://blog.swingtraining.net

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Awesome

[gusmahler]

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I don't mean to hijack, but did anyone check out the video of Tiger's swing on nikegolf.com? Really cool slow motion and an unbelievably perfect swing. I must have watched it 50+ times from all the different angles.

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Wow! (Both for the unrelatedness of your comment and the awesomeness of Tiger's swing).

[kyleb]

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Its a shame they spend 5 shots on the relatively meaningless follow through and miss the most important part of the swing (the inital timing mechanism)

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Yeah, I agree completely. The trigger stride is the most important part of the swing, next to the hands cutting across the chest.

[Benholio]

Both swings are something to marvel at.

BTW, for those that can't find something in common with two top athletes having their swings broken down on a web page, wtf?!