Posted by: grc () on Sun Jul 15 09:21:33 2001

in usa today baseball weekly, july 12-17 issue, p. 17, a scout in the RANGERS organization gave the following advice: " pushing the hands away: this is when you initiate movement by pushing your hands away from the body in order to gain momentum vs. starting the swing with your hands going straight to the ball. it is also known as not staying inside the ball. your first movement should be moving the hands toward the inside half of the ball. the front arm starts soft-or slightly bent-and remains soft during the swing. if you push away, your front arm straightens out, so a short, direct swing is unlikely".............question: is this sound advice coming from a major league basebaseball scout?.....respectfully, grc........