Posted by: George () on Sat Apr 21 12:18:52 2007

> When during the stride or the swing should the rearward tilt occur?
> When I review video of at bats (cage) I found that during my stride I am starting the tilt rearward where it allows me to be more in the ball's glidescope, also allowing me a better torque and extension execution. Is this tilt during the stride the intension, or should the tilt begin at the lag position.
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> Dennis W.

Dennis. You probably are corrct in your analsis of what works for you. If you have the opportunity, check out some footage on MLB.com of Jason Giambi. He does a great job of going down with his head to get great extension and lift on the ball. He has an ideal pure rotational lift to his swing. I did happen to notice that wrist torque is not as apparent in his swing as he is more of a lower body hitter. His technique demonstrates that one does not have to use THT to initiate the swing in an effort to maximize batspeed in my opinion. A Jime Thome pulls his hands at an angle to the launch position. A Barry Bonds uses more of what Jack describes with his bat drill of torque. Fred McGriff was a classic study in what you describe regarding rearward tilt and extension. I noticed on
Epstein's site that his hitters use more lower body to generate rearward tilt rather than use torque in the swing. His philosopy keeps it simple.