Posted by: Ken W (kenneth.a.watson@att.net) on Fri Mar 2 10:53:01 2001

Jack,
> I have been working with my 10 yr old son using the bag drill, and I'm beginning to see that his form is close to that shown in the video. We are strictly working with the rotation, (including the 10 degree pre-swing rotation), and have not done much with THT or BHT.
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> Last night I had him work through about 50 dry swings while I video-taped him. After reviewing several of the swings in slow motion, it apears that his batspeed is somewhat improved. Even when advancing frame by frame with a 4-head VCR, it is very difficult to see the barrel of the bat as it crosses the plate area.
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> After an hour of review, I have a questions that I am not completely sure of the answers, and need help on. Should his stance, at the point of contact (POC) be such that his lead leg is at the same angle as the axis of rotation (i.e. straight line from heel through spine), or are other angles acceptable?
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Sorry for the `miss' on the title, I was a little too hasty in hitting the `Enter' button, before finishing an additional comment/question relating to BHT. As stated above, we have been concentrating on the basics of rotation, without incorporating THT or BHT. After watching the replays of my son's swing in slow motion, I saw what appears to me to be a `secondary' increase in bat speed that occurs after the bat crosses the POC (I have always tried to get kids to hit the pitch before it reaches the front edge of the plate). He is a lefty batter, and at that time, it appears that the `pivot' point for the bat is between his hands.

Could this be just due to the momentum of the bat? Or is it possible that this is BHT?