Frame	# on Card	Batting Tips from the "Babe"
(1)	10-A	Hitting a ball hard does not depend so much on taking a long swing. Try to imagine your body separated in two separate parts.
(2)	11-A	Prictice swinging from the waist and shoulders. Keep repeating this swing until it comes easy.
(3)	12-A	Then try to imitate the stride shown. By swing as though at an imaginary ball.
(4)	13-A	Then you will be agreeably surprised how easy and simple it is.
(5)	14-A	At the point where the bat meets the ball, the weight just begins to shift. And the shoulders have just begun to come around.
(6)	15-A	If you pivot from the waist you will avoid the common fault of stepping into the bucket.
(7)	16-A	The pivot entirely from the waist is an excellent exercise for those inclined to step into the bucket.
(8)	17-A	Take a bat and keep swinging it. Then avoid moving your feet.
(9)	18-A	Only practice makes perfect, remember -- so keep practicing -- that's of greatest importance.
(10)	19-A	The first thing in learning to swing is to step into the ball as the swing starts. That means shifting the weight.
(11)	20-A	This permits weight to gradually be shifted from left foot (at beginning of swing) to the right foot at finish, as bat goes through.
(12)	21-A	When weight is shifted make sure that feet are firmly set. Simultaneously, body pivots from waist, throwing shoulders into swing.
(13)	22-A	Here's some more good advice--there are two distinct type of hitters--wait hitters and swing hitters.
(14)	23-A	The wait hitter type choke their bats--thus shortening their swing. They stand flat-footed and wait till the pitch is on them.
(15)	24-A	Then they poke rather than slash the ball. The swing hitter swings from the heels.
(16)	25-A	The wrist snap comes last, at exact moment of contact with ball.
(17)	26-A	It is utmost importance to get body and wrists into swing just as bat meets ball.
(18)	27-A	You don't have to take a long swing to make the ball travel over the fence if you follow this method.
(19)	28-A	The swing illustrated is complete and shows a full follow-through as in golf.
(20)	29-A	The shoulders should come squarely around, with the wrists straightened out.
(21)	30-A	Babe Ruth is representative of the swing hitter type. But he advises following the wait hitter type for results.
(22)	31-A	He regards them as more dangerous--
(23)	32-A	And much harder to fool (as a former pitcher he should know).
(24)	33-A	His advice to the average ball player is to practice wait hitting rather than free swinging.
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