Posted by: Jack Mankin (Batspeed@verizon.net) on Tue Jan 22 10:08:22 2013

>>> HI Jack............You have stated that Matt Holiday bars his lead arm and is still a very good hitter. You said the reason Holiday can do this is because Matt Holiday bars his lead arm early in the swing> Instead of latter in the swing . You have done a good job explainig that boxing the lead arm then extending it to contact decreases the ability to hit the ball hard . My question is at what point does Holiday bar his lead arm ?In his load?When he starts THT ? Somewhere elese in the swing? <<<

Hi Jerry

From the clips of Matt that I studied, he loads with his lead-arm fairly straight. He only bends the elbow for inside pitches. As I pointed out, it is important that pitch location adjustments be made prior to initiating shoulder rotation. During rotation, the bend of the lead-elbow should remain constant.

Jack Mankin