Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Mon Oct 20 13:14:10 2003

I don't like the idea of the lead arm pushing back during the load because this tends to always get the front scap sliding over the chest and makes the method of adjustment for inside out more variable/difficult.The top hand grip can be quite light and even allow slippage if you want after launch.It is very important on the approach not to let a tight/choking top hand grip deform the bottom hand wrist giving what Jack has described as the Droopy bottom wrist at contact which is a serious flaw.

Learning the torque feel (after you have the rotational component down) can be helped using Lau Jr's open top hand drill for example as a good way of breaking the "tophand dominance"(pushing/disconnecting handpath as opposed to tht).In this case the bat just rests in the crotch between the thumb and index finger of the top hand with no "frip".You can also dispens with any grip and just reverse the top hand palm to get the feel of tht as Jack shows in his golf club drill.Still,I find the best way to apply torque/load(once the feel has been learned/habit of top hand dominance broken) is with a light top hand grip leading the load with back arm/scap(not front arm) action.