Posted by: ray porco () on Wed Mar 19 17:33:09 2003

> >Ray I did this when I was young and realized their was 2 swings ti cut the wedge ,1 up ,1down.However a splinter came flying back and almost took out my eye,with her struggling for contact I'm afraid she may miss a tree and hurt herself.I use the tire with a bat and hopefully we can find some middle ground.


rql,

my apologies. how careless of me. the minute i posted, i was thinking - warning, disclaimer, etc. sorry!
i should have retracted.

i too did this when i was young (boy scouts) and i discovered that it helped me to find the right co-ordinating physicality to also ring the bell at the carnival. never did it with the intent to improve my baseball swing. a drill i used with young players to get them to hit to opposite field was, when in the batting cage - told them to make their body do whatever it takes to hit the ball into the side of the cage. trying to get them to see what the physical consequences/results were of their experimental physical trials.

how stupid to recommend placing an axe in the hands of an eleven yr. old girl. please forgive me.

ray porco