Posted by: Dan (daniel.miechels@gmail.com) on Sun Sep 26 05:11:33 2010

What is the effect of the angle of the lead arm (i.e. amount of elbow bend) at the point of contact ? I imagine it would affect timing since a straight lead arm would mean the lead shoulder needs to be rotated further back to get the same forearm alignment (and hence bat angle) than a bent lead arm at the point of contact. I tend to swing with a fairly straight lead arm and am wondering if I am putting myself at a disadvantage. I unintentionally pull the ball all the time, I don't know if that's got anything to do with it.