Posted by: Dave P () on Thu Sep 7 12:52:10 2006

> Sorry, Davep, I don't care how long you wait, if your right elbow is attached to your chest you won't reach an outside pitch unless you stand on the plate...imho, I agree, you need a repeatable swing, but if you can't adjust, you can't hit good pitching. jima

Jima

You need to figure out some math. A bat is about 32-34 inches long (if you minus where your top hand grips the bat you lose about 4 inches) and your arm from elbow to wrist is about 12 - 16 inches long for a total of 44 - 50 inches long. The outside of the plate if you are standing 12 inches from the plate is only 30 inches away.

I know that the hands are above the ball and this takes some distance away but you still have lots of plate coverage with a tucked elbow. That is just based on pure numbers.

I am not sure what you mean by adjusting your swing because I am adjusting my timing to hit an outside pitch not my swing. One swing with compensation for timing the pitch. Watch the best hitters and see them do exactly this.

Dave P