Posted by: grc () on Mon Mar 18 20:48:14 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.
> > > > Steve Garvey once said think of swinging with short stubby arms,by keeping the elbows close to the body almost connected to the upper body.I think this was his way ofkeeping the hands inside the ball
> >
> > mike schmidt makes reference to what rql just described ....as i said at setpro, i am beginning to think being "inside the ball" is how it "feels"....and major dan paraphrased my description of how it "feels" with "elbow in the slot"....
> >>Can you tell me what the elbow in the slot refers to,is it the rear one coming down to the ribcage.

that's exactly it, the rear elbow tucked in & grazing the ribcage up to lag position....at blastsystem.com (assuming the site still exists) coach schwenke (spelling?), ex-coach of LSU describes it pretty good....i have their book and video & the stuff on lag position & elbow in the slot gets a lot more treatment (and deservedly so) than any other source.....