Posted by: Jack Mankin (mrbatspeed@aol.com) on Tue Nov 18 15:16:22 2003

>>> I would say the bat pulling away from the ball describes it better than the axis fading. <<<

Hi Teacherman

When the bat is pulling away from the path of the ball means the hands have started acring over toward third-base before the bat-head enters the contact zone. This is common with batters who accelerate the bat knob-first. They reach near full extension of the back-arm before the bat-head arcs outward.

Jack Mankin