Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Fri Apr 2 23:22:05 2004

Dear Jack,

In your instructional pamphlet, you offered an excellent decsription of THT: one should envision the top hand "circling around the bottom hand." Using this logic, is it safe to assume that BHT is the bottom hand "circling around the top hand."

Since I have received your booklet, I have had ample time to concretize some of the abstractions pertaining to torque.

Now, I am not suggesting that what I am about to posit is conjured by my imagination, since I am well aware of the facts that different posters may have used various terms to describe the same biomechanical actions far before I attempted to articulate them myself. Seen in this light, I in no way, deserve any credit for suggesting a query that is, in a likelihood, not indigenous to me, since I am simply a theoretician seeking answers.

Here's the cues that I believe would help individuals understand the correct torque (s) to use in the different strke zone locations:

1) Inside Pitch--use pure BHT, and envision "the bottom hand circling around the top hand."

2) Middle of the Plate--use BHT and THT, and envision "both hands circling around each other."

3) Outside Pitch--use pure THT, and envision "the top hand circling around the bottom hand."

Do I have the right idea, Jack? Please clarify any misconceptions.

Sincerely,
BHL
Knight1285@aol.com