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Posted by: grc (grcrackel@yahoo.com) on Mon Sep 4 08:12:47 2000

JACK,I AM TRYING TO GET CLEAR IN MY HEAD THESE TORQUE IDEAS AND ONE PROBLEM IM NOT CLEAR ON IS DO YOU USE ONE OR THE OTHER TORQUES OR BOTH.IT SEEMED LIKE ONE WAS FOR INSIDE PITCH THE OTHER OUTSIDE PITCH.THIS IS CONFUSING TRYING TO ALTERNATE SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASSUME 1 OR THE OTHER.I REALIZED MY QUES ABOUT 1 BIG HAND STEMMED FROM MY LINEAR HAND MOVEMENTS.I HAD TROUBLE STOPPING THE HANDS COMING FORWARD SO I PUT THE MIDDLE OF THE BAT AGAINST MY BACK SHOULDER AND THE HEAD BEHIND MY BACK. I PRESSED THE BAT AGAINST MY BACK SHOULDER AND MAKE THE LAST THING TO HAPPEN IS THE BAT LEAVE MY SHOULDER.THIS SEEMS TO THROW MY HANDS OUT PERPENDICULAR INSTEAD OF FORWARD AND ALLOWS MY HIPS AND SHOULDERS TO ROTATE BEFORE THE HANDS COME INTO CIRCULAR HAND PATH.THE ANGLE SEEMS TO GIVE ME MORE OF A LEVEL SWING HOWEVER I BELIEVE IF I RAISE MY BAT BEHIND MY HEAD AND USE THAT TOP HAND TORQUE IFEEL THE UPPERCUT MORE AND LIFT THE BALL SOLID MORE WITH GREATER DISTANCE.MY LAST NOTE I HAVE BEEN SWINGING FROM A TEE AND GOING FROM LINEAR TO ROTATIONAL TOP TO BOTTOM HAND TORQUE AND STRIDE TO NO STRIDE.AND MY LONGEST BALLS HAVE COME FROM NO STRIDE AND TOPHAND TORQUE.IM CONTRIBUTING THIS TO NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WEIGHT SHIFTING FORWARD WITH THE STRIDE AND BEING ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ROTATION AND HAND TORQUE BUT I COULD BE WRONG .IM USING A HITTING THOUGHT OF FLEX AND TWIST FOR MY HIP ROTATION, AND IM HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING THE INSIDE PITCH FAIR WITH THE TOP HAND TORQUE.ANY THOUGHTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED. RQL.....you said "I PRESSED THE BAT AGAINST MY BACK SHOULDER AND MAKE THE LAST THING TO HAPPEN IS THE BAT LEAVE MY SHOULDER.THIS SEEMS TO THROW MY HANDS OUT PERPENDICULAR INSTEAD OF FORWARD AND ALLOWS MY HIPS AND SHOULDERS TO ROTATE BEFORE THE HANDS COME INTO CIRCULAR HAND PATH.THE ANGLE SEEMS TO GIVE ME MORE OF A LEVEL SWING "......allow me to refer you to www.webball.com/skill/battorq.html.........this is a piece written by paul petricca & seems to be very similar to what you are describing....the main difference is that petricca suggests resting the bat against the triceps....for me, resting bat against shoulder works better....i would appreciate your comments....respectfully, grc....

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> JACK,I AM TRYING TO GET CLEAR IN MY HEAD THESE TORQUE IDEAS AND ONE PROBLEM IM NOT CLEAR ON IS DO YOU USE ONE OR THE OTHER TORQUES OR BOTH.IT SEEMED LIKE ONE WAS FOR INSIDE PITCH THE OTHER OUTSIDE PITCH.THIS IS CONFUSING TRYING TO ALTERNATE SO I WOULD LIKE TO ASSUME 1 OR THE OTHER.I REALIZED MY QUES ABOUT 1 BIG HAND STEMMED FROM MY LINEAR HAND MOVEMENTS.I HAD TROUBLE STOPPING THE HANDS COMING FORWARD SO I PUT THE MIDDLE OF THE BAT AGAINST MY BACK SHOULDER AND THE HEAD BEHIND MY BACK. I PRESSED THE BAT AGAINST MY BACK SHOULDER AND MAKE THE LAST THING TO HAPPEN IS THE BAT LEAVE MY SHOULDER.THIS SEEMS TO THROW MY HANDS OUT PERPENDICULAR INSTEAD OF FORWARD AND ALLOWS MY HIPS AND SHOULDERS TO ROTATE BEFORE THE HANDS COME INTO CIRCULAR HAND PATH.THE ANGLE SEEMS TO GIVE ME MORE OF A LEVEL SWING HOWEVER I BELIEVE IF I RAISE MY BAT BEHIND MY HEAD AND USE THAT TOP HAND TORQUE IFEEL THE UPPERCUT MORE AND LIFT THE BALL SOLID MORE WITH GREATER DISTANCE.MY LAST NOTE I HAVE BEEN SWINGING FROM A TEE AND GOING FROM LINEAR TO ROTATIONAL TOP TO BOTTOM HAND TORQUE AND STRIDE TO NO STRIDE.AND MY LONGEST BALLS HAVE COME FROM NO STRIDE AND TOPHAND TORQUE.IM CONTRIBUTING THIS TO NOT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT WEIGHT SHIFTING FORWARD WITH THE STRIDE AND BEING ABLE TO CONCENTRATE ON THE ROTATION AND HAND TORQUE BUT I COULD BE WRONG .IM USING A HITTING THOUGHT OF FLEX AND TWIST FOR MY HIP ROTATION, AND IM HAVING TROUBLE KEEPING THE INSIDE PITCH FAIR WITH THE TOP HAND TORQUE.ANY THOUGHTS WOULD BE APPRECIATED.                                                                                                                               RQL.....you said "I PRESSED THE BAT AGAINST MY BACK SHOULDER AND MAKE THE LAST THING TO HAPPEN IS THE BAT LEAVE MY SHOULDER.THIS SEEMS TO THROW MY HANDS OUT PERPENDICULAR INSTEAD OF FORWARD AND ALLOWS MY HIPS AND SHOULDERS TO ROTATE BEFORE THE HANDS COME INTO CIRCULAR HAND PATH.THE ANGLE SEEMS TO GIVE ME MORE OF A LEVEL SWING "......allow me to refer you to www.webball.com/skill/battorq.html.........this is a piece written by paul petricca & seems to be very similar to what you are describing....the main difference is that petricca suggests resting the bat against the triceps....for me, resting bat against shoulder works better....i would appreciate your comments....respectfully, grc....

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