Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Wed Aug 24 14:13:06 2005

>>> Jack..I have one other question....It looks to me as if you are demonstrating a swing gate, in your Final Arc DVD, when you are using the handle on the bat to swing the bat in a demontration? It looks as if it's the only way you can get the barrel to move since you are casting your hands out and then showing the barrel rotate around your hand like a swing gate. Could you get a little detailed about this demonstration? <<<

Hi Jeff

Yes, to get the pendulum effect you are referring to requires the hands must be taken in a circular path. I would have no problem if someone said the bat swings around the hands like a swinging gate. But that is not to say that during the swing the body swings around the lead-side like a gate. Once the forward movement of the stride ceases (call it blocking if you wish), the body then rotates around the center of the body (the spine) – not the lead-shoulder. Otherwise, the head would not only be moving forward during the stride, but continue to move forward during rotation.

Jack Mankin