Posted by: The Hitting Guru (hitman3527@aol.com) on Mon Apr 10 00:29:17 2006

> i have a problem with my swing. i am trying to have a short swing straight to the ball so i dont have a long swing. but it seems when i work on this i dont get extension. what are some drills or things to work on to help work on extension but not with a big swing?


See Dusty Baker's book "You can Teach Hitting". Most of your questions should be solved as a result. Also practice the pushing your bottom hand back and your front hand forward during your pre laungh position movement (Jack's torque drill). This creates a pulling the bow effect as described earlier on this site. This inturn causes a natural extension which ends up with a Ted Williams type finish in which the bat comes all the way through and ends up almost hitting the players back. (The fence drill also helps.)