Posted by: PatA (patrick_allison@reyrey.com) on Wed Feb 12 11:06:51 2003

>>> Telling your hitters to raise the back elbow compounds a common problem. Whenever the back elbow starts up, it must come down before the ball is hit. The swing then tends to get underneath the ball, which causes the player to pop up or miss the ball altogehter. To form the proper box, the hitter must have the back elbow down with the upper part of the top hand about level with the top of the back shoulder. The hands should be 6 - 10 inches from the body. The elbows should be even.
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> Hi Mikeyd
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> I was just curious as to why you would think the hands should be 6 –10 inches away from the body. You surely do not believe the hands are supposed to be that far away from the body during the swing. And, you obviously do not understand top-hand-torque during initiation, so why would you set-up the launch position with the hands away?
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> Jack Mankin

This is a great point, thanks Jack, this is an issue that I have been trying to make sense of for some time. The lead elbow in the plane of the swing makes perfect sense, and gives coaches something to look for also. I waited to purchase the video until the new one came out, (still draggin’ my butt), it’s high time I corrected that, I’m ordering today.
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