Posted by: Dave (NYTino20@aol.com) on Mon Apr 11 20:39:28 2005

> > Hi, I am really interested in getting my mechanics down. I went out today with some friends and really tryed focusing on keeping my lead leg stiff while swinging. My question is (I am right handed) should my lead foot be pointed towards where the 2nd basemen would play?? Or should that lead foot be completley sideways?? It's just way too awkward to have the lead foot sideways. I just hope I'm not opening up my hips too soon by pointing it to where the 2nd basemen would play. Also my 2nd question is should all of my weight be on my back foot as I am swinging and making contact?? Any answer would be greatly appreciated. Thank you
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> If your lead foot is pointing at the 2B when you stride, its going to VERY difficult to not leak with the front hip and shoulder; which is ok if your ahead in the count and you're looking in...If you’re trying to cover the whole plate your going to come around the ball on the outer half...
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> As far as weight distribution I think of it as a scale, start 50/50 (even distribution), get back to around 30/70 (on the back side with coil), then at contact you should be back to 50/50, back to a centered position.

Hey Scott,
Thanx for the response. That seems to make sense. It doesn't seem like you can get any power into your swing if you have 70% of your weight on your back foot. 50/50 seems a lot more reasonable. I guess I really have to focus on a real soft stride like I am stepping on thin ice with that lead foot and then during the swing and at contact the weight should transfer to 50/50.