Posted by: rql () on Tue Nov 4 12:01:30 2003

Tom,
> >
> > I've always been interested in how the lead arm folds in the
> baseball swing? Would you say that hands hitters fold there
> lead arm differently then good rotational hitters. Years ago when
> my Son was young I was very dissapointed with how he finished
> the swing.....meaning it didn't look like mine. For a while I
> surmized that in order to get to that position there must be
> something going on in the swing that caused it, thus we spent
> many hours addressing what I thought was a problem. Then
> about a year ago I discovered that maybe his differences were
> actually a strength, so I let him do what he felt was natural (even
> though it appeared funny to me). Low and behold the kid went
> off at the plate. Many great hitting instructors will look at follow
> through as a sign of what occured earlier in the swing, I've done
> that a lot more lately and now percieve that my Son had it right all
> along. This really was my motivation for putting both our swings
> up. I think my way could be incorrect, but I can do it his way...it's
> just so foreign for at first. If you look at my swing watch how the
> the lead arm folds, it's different than mine. Does this make
> sense and do see any relevence in the follow through with how
> the arms finish, particularly with the elbow fold? Look it how
> deep the ball get's in on my Son and how more in front my hit is.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Coach C
>
> Coach
>
> These are all very nice swings.
>
> I asssume you are talking about the difference between you and
> the switch hitter son,is that right ?
>
> I think the main thing that accounts for the difference you see is
> that your son loads better and brings the bat to contact with full
> torso turn.You crash into foot plant a little,If you look at your
> positions at front heel drop,your torso has already started while
> your sons is still back.Then you have to disconnect early with
> more arm extension making contact more out front and a
> somewhat low follow through with earlier roll,but not bad for an
> old guy(hahaha).
>
> Look at the clips at Nick's youthbaseball page and compare both
> of you to the open side shots of righties.The pros keep the
> hands/torso back even longer(more x-factor) and bat is cocked/
> centered back more for them than your son.It's a spectrum.

....Tom I see that bat centering coming from the scapula load,it causes the hands to pull the knob at catcher which centers the barrel.