Posted by: toti (dd) on Thu Dec 18 00:22:19 2003

> Is this the holly grail for upper body connection ala luis gonzalez?
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> > toti... yup. and then lower the hands perpendicular to the torso to form an "L" with the top arm elbow tight to side. front arm bicep tight to chest elbow up and throw the bathead at the ball. no linear movement of the hands at all on middle/in... allow the hands to go to the ball on the outside pitch. master this then add bottom hand torque(the mechanics of throwing the bathead at the ball) and then top hand torque(part of the prelaunch load sequence)and you will have an extremely fast bat... now the hard part, timing the pitch and putting the bat on the ball. all the best, Rich


rich,
thanks a pile. i appreciate it. i am an epstein student but he doesn´t talk much about the hands for good reason, i understand. i enjoy the upper body mechanics talk on this site. it is really difficult for me to keep the top arm accross my chest and not fire my hands at the ball due to years of aluminium mechanics. but i am making great progress, specially on the inside heat, which was unhittable in the past. do you favor a straight lead arm accross the chest? it seems like Lau mechanics, dont you think? Epstein favors some bent.

your thoughts?

toti, thanks