Posted by: Joe Hernandez (coach2hit@yahoo.com) on Mon Jun 12 21:29:19 2006

> Is the "front shoulder pull back" at point of contact the same as "pulling the knob of the bat towards the belly"?


Sam,

I am not sure I understand your question. The front shoulder is never pulled back at point of contact...it would be impossible to hit the ball if you did. It does rotate back, but not at the point of contact. "Pulling the knob of the bat towards the belly" is not something you really do in hitting. Do you mean pulling the knob to the ball? I think you may need to rephrase your question so that we can "help" you.

Bottom line is that you are describing two things that are not done in hitting even with "bad" mechanics and both are different actions...one goes back, the other goes down.

Sorry Sam...try again.

Joe Hernandez