Posted by: Mike (playblu@hotmail.com) on Thu Jun 19 13:07:41 2003

Okay. This quickly got away from me. I appreciate all the advice,
but you all lost me a ways back. I mean, I understand most of
what's been said, but I don't want to try to take all of it into the box
on Saturday.

I will debut a new swing in 2 days, the one I've been working on
by reading this site, going to the cages on my lunch hour, then
reading the site some more. I will no longer simply turn my back
foot during my swing, I will turn my hips, torso, and shoulders
roughly in unison before driving the bat through the strike zone.

I have found that while doing that, I sometimes hit the balls in the
cage much better than I used to, and sometimes I don't. I'm still
at the "it's a lot of things to keep in mind" stage.

I'm not sure but I think my primary difficulty now is my weight
distributed correctly between legs during the swing. I find that I
need to "hold myself back" and not lean my weight forward too
early.

I also don't know exactly what to do with my lead leg- I've seen
players end up with a bent front knee or a stright one. I read
somewhere (else) that I should try to straighten that leg as I'm
swinging and drive my left hip back toward the catcher. Does
that sound right?

Again, thanks for all the help.