Posted by: Mark H. () on Mon Mar 18 12:03:02 2002

seems like a lot of the previous thread just disappeared. Perhaps for the better.
> > However, I'd like to respond to Joe's last statement about keeping the hands in on the swing.
> > Joe - please define this for me. I've asked 10 people and gotten 10 different answers.
> > What does it mean?
>
> What about my question: name one big leaguer who specifically endorses "top hand tork"?

A more appropriate and interesting question is, "does Jack accurately describe (regardless of terminology) the hitting mechanics of many of the most productive hitters in MLB?

I'll take a stab at "keeping the hands in". To me, it means two things. First, avoid premature extension of the top hand arm. Second, rather than "keep the hands in" a hitter must learn to bring the hands in to adjust to the up and in location and still hit the ball fair. Jack refers to this as the "arcing hand path". Regardless of what terminology Joe approves of, this clip of Piazza is a good example of the second point.

http://www.setpro.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000507.html

Mark H.