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Here is ease in, ease out practice I did from watching Fancy Pant's tutorial. This animation could have been better but oh well.
Credit to Fancy Pants for the tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7S7rGQBy2sM
Movement was very smooth! One thing that bugged me though was that the guy's hand and arm didn't move at all; backswing does not mean just to rotate him back, you have to also move the minifig's hand and arm (same goes for a follow through at the end, don't just rotate the minifig, rotate the wrench). Another good thing to do in order to get these movements right is to watch real-world videos and try swinging a wrench or bat yourself; you'll get a much better feel for how it should look.
But overall, it was very good! The easing in and out was great, but the movements still looked rather fake due to what i mentioned above. Keep at it, you're very close to having it perfect!
Movement was very smooth! One thing that bugged me though was that the guy's hand and arm didn't move at all; backswing does not mean just to rotate him back, you have to also move the minifig's hand and arm (same goes for a follow through at the end, don't just rotate the minifig, rotate the wrench). Another good thing to do in order to get these movements right is to watch real-world videos and try swinging a wrench or bat yourself; you'll get a much better feel for how it should look.
But overall, it was very good! The easing in and out was great, but the movements still looked rather fake due to what i mentioned above. Keep at it, you're very close to having it perfect!
Yes the back swing was the part I didn't quite get right. soon I may try this again and get it right. hanks for the comment! 
It wasn't too bad, it still looks jerky when he changes direction in his swing though. And the actual movement should be faster. Keep practicing mate 
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