Posted by: Nick () on Fri Sep 5 06:28:38 2003

Hi Jack,

First wanted to say that your explanations of key issues in the past two months have been some of your best ever. The picture is getting clearer for me all the time. I have been giving a lot of thought to the issue of the bat not staying on plane during the swing. One of the things I see kids doing is starting their swing on the proper plane, however, they then keep their shoulders fairly level, which tends to flatten out the swing, resulting in a low finish. It strikes me that height of the hands and distance of the hands from the body (thus the initial angle of the plane) as well as upper body posture can have an impact on this. It also occurs to me the back shoulder not rotating under properly can have an impact. (kids are told not to drop their back shoulder) Any thoughts on this would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Nick