Posted by: Torque (roscoethewestie@comcast.net) on Wed May 13 16:54:47 2009

> > "however, a hitter that slots his rear elbow into the L slot cannot be anything but rotational. Your hands have to follow a circular hand path and you have to rotate with the rear arm slotted into the L slot."
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> > Thanks, I have simply been moving my arms in this manner, and I see what you mean. This is a very helpful starting point; much appreciated.
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> Just briefed over this thread,torque what do you mean by keeping front toe closed ,if that was your comment,do you mean pointed toward plate.

Yes I mean having the lead toe pointed at the plate to the dugout. Batspeed seems to be about 2 to 3 mph faster when hitting off the tee straightaway with the lead toe at the plate. A lot of good major league hitters do the same. I noticed good golfers do the same too.