Posted by: mjb (Berg@Pop.ctctel.com) on Fri Dec 14 00:29:26 2001

I don't understand the mechanics of bottom hand torque. If the front shoulder is pulling the bottom hand (and the bat) forward with the body rotation, isn't the front arm fully extended back to the catcher and the back hand already as far back as it can extend? How can you push back even more to get this torque? Or, once the bat is getting close to the plate, does that create some slack in the lead arm so that the bottom hand can be pushed backward to get the torque?