Posted by: Major Dan (markj89@charter,net) on Tue Jan 23 19:43:05 2001

I'm getting back into batting with our group of 9's, some of the High School's camps teach "keeping the heel of the front foot elevated during stance". I never really worked on stance as long as they were comfortable and balanced in their stance and in good position during the inward turn. What advantage is elevating the heel of the front or lead foot?
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> I'd like to also thank you guys for this website, it's a great tool to help the kids. I'll be ordering the video as soon as I recover from Christmas.
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> Larry

Larry-
front heel down is the trigger for the swing. This is a critical part of teaching the swing, though I have just been learning about it. Mike Epstein emphasizes this. This is important to investigate. Use front heel down to initiate the hip turn/rotation.