Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Sat Apr 3 23:12:50 2004

Does anyone have tips on how to get an 11 year to not drop hands before swinging. He knows he is doing this and is consciousely trying to correct. It would be great to have a few drills specific to correct.
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> > > > > > Way too vague. Need a swing clip.
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> > > > > So is that the new criteria for newcomers to ask questions, tell them to send a clip? And exactly where on Jack's site are these clips to be posted? My personal opinion is that when a newcomer asks a question, someone who is QUALIFIED should give a good faith opinion. Eventually the newcomer might revisit the site , buy Jack's DVD, learn, etc. But to tell a newcomer her question is invalid is the same as telling her to go away. I don't think all questions have to pertain to top hand torque for them to be valid questions.
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> > > > OK Phil. Tell her what she should do.
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> > > > What you know is her son drops his hands before the swing.
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> > > > What you don't know is where they start. ALL hitters that start with the hands high (above the shoulder) drop their hands before they swing. Are you saying he should leave them there?
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> > > > Go ahead, give her your best advice sight unseen.
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> > > There are a lot of GENERAL things SOME OF US are qualified to advise on, "sighht unseen", and this is one of them. If someone would ask if is advisable to hold the bat with 12 inces betwwen the hands (such as TY Cobb, herad of him?), I think that would be OK to answer, "sight unseen" without asking that person to "send a clip". And besides, where is this newcomer supposed to send the clip? FYI jack does not allow posting of clips.
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> > Good job Phil. You've helped her alot. The question wasn't about how much space between the hands. It is about whether or not he should drop his hands. Go ahead, give her an answer.
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> perhaps before someone hits the "post it" button, they could just take a moment to ask themselves a simple question: will my response cause the questioner to have a positive feeling about batspeed.com or a negative feeling?.....we all want people to feel positive about batspeed.com, right?

Dear grc,

I absolutely love the wisdom that you offer to this site.

If a person tells a person that their mechanics are diametrically opposed to the truth, all one needs to do is look for an antonym to find it. Yet, some individuals not inclusive to hitting circles can falter in their attempt to find incorrect / correct matches.

Instead, a better alternative may be to tell where the truth lies, rather than giving imprecise circumlocutions that tend to skirt the truth.

The best way to accomplish this is to offer a positive solution.

Therefore, if individuals are to argue a point, such as opposing the linear shove of the top hand, their argument would benefit everybody if they advised individuals to "keep the top hand back," and allow the bottom hand to arc around it.

The latter statement owes much to Mankin, who, in most cases, has attempted to include a solution whenever he debunks an errant philosophy.

Other than that, I say let's put grc's idea into practice!

Cheers!
BHL
Knight1285@aol.com