Posted by: RQL () on Tue Jun 26 20:09:05 2001

GRC,been on vacation,back at it now.Have'nt read much of Epstein but pinball is good analogy.However we are getting into areas of interpreting what someone says and what they mean.To me in the early part of the swing the knob is facing the ss in rotation and to me the hands are going there also, but do not have to come out of chp.See the hands are facing many directions as they go in a circle and early in the swing they are going towards the ss and then curve at pitcher then 2nd then 1st and finally back at catcher,maybe think of bottom of hands doing the facing.I also think Tim once said his son was too circular and pulling off the ball then he went to a little extension near impact after initial chp to stay on the ball longer and I believe this is what I did.Think of circular with a punch of the top fist towards ss for lefty for the extension and rear elbow tight to body.Epstein is describing pure chp with no extension into the ball,this calls for more precise timing of sweet spot contact I believe.The last dilema is bat arc so early.With your sons linear swing he is coming down further out front,thus a different swing,but with tht,the barrel I think lays down on plane and starts up earlier causing the barrel to be rising earlier up into a late ball contact.The shear strength of these guys today are helping create enough early power for these guys today to reach the wall and beyond as long as they get to develop speed from some chp through that strength and they have the fat part of bat on the center of ball at correct trajectory.