Posted by: BHL (Knight1285@aol.com) on Sun Oct 8 07:50:57 2006

Hi All,

While I agree with Jack's observation of what Tom Guerry has often called the "three arc model"--which encourages the batter's hips, shoulders, and bat-head all to travel in an arc--I, like Paul Nyman, believe that Jack, for some reason, has overlooked the fact that the brains of each individuals are "wired" differently, and different hitters respond to different cues. Jack's insistence on encouraging others to focus on their upper body to allow their lower body to work correctly is an inventive way to envision the swing. Yet, this begs the following questions: what about those who do not see the swing in precisely this manner?

Just my thoughts,
BHL
Knight1285@aol.com

P.S. I will issue a hypothetical question to Jack: what would you do if you were working with Matt Williams to fix the position of his back foot which often did not seem to pivot? Could Epstein's cues of "helping" the back foot, knee, and hip possibly be in order?