Posted by: Rich 1 () on Tue Sep 6 19:30:27 2005

> > I have no problem with the hands being beyond the shoulder ? as long as it is shoulder rotation that accelerates them.>
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> Alright, that's good enough for me. Thanks, Jack. I'm assuming then, that the shoulder is just an arbitrary point rather than having any mechanical advantage over any other point (in the vicinity and at the height of the shoulder, obviously).

>Hey Yesisbest,

I think there might be a mechanical advantage to keeping the hands as a unit closer the the rear shoulder. take the ice skater analogy: the tighter the skater keeps the hands,arms and legs to the torso the faster the skater is able to rotate. i think the same aplies to the hitter. keep it tight until the back forearm can release perpendicular to the plate. more rotational speed will have been reached at that point. does that make sense???

regards, Rich