Posted by: grc () on Mon Jun 11 10:47:58 2001

Exactly what does it mean to “keep the weight back”?........I have seen some coaches demonstrate this by “sitting” of the back , bent leg, and then so simplistically say, “o.k., now just “wait” for the pitch and drive it”.....I have seen many coaches who could not demonstrate their idea of “keeping the weight back” but would simply say stride and keep 60 % of the weight on the back foot.....but they don’t say at what specific moment in time the weight gets transferred.....I have seen other coaches say in the “coiled” position have 60 % of the weight back and stride by “reaching” the front forward, which effectively means at launch you still have more than 50 % of the weight on the back foot......and the problem I see with any technique that results in more weight on the back foot at launch is that the hitter ends up spinning on the back foot......I would appreciate any and all comments as to your idea of what “keeping the weight back” means to you.....Respectfully, grc........