Posted by: () on Fri Apr 9 21:17:24 2004

dougdinger,
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> is a wider hand path needed to hit the outside pitch?
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> are your hands stronger the further they extend from torso?
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> at what contact point (with an outside pitch) is the top hand wrist at it’s strongest, - late (opposite field), even (center field), early (pull)?
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> ray porco
> To answer Jack's question, obviously a stronger wrist position will produce a stronger hit. To answer Ray's question,I think it depends on how in sync the wrist and torque is with the shoulder's rotation. But where that exact position is I do not know for sure. I think someone mighta mentioned in an earlier post that best bat speed occurs on contact perpendicular to the ball (Centerfield) but I could be wrong.