Posted by: rql () on Wed Oct 16 20:10:53 2002

I have a ten year old that I am working on hitting mechanics with. I'm trying not to overwelm him and make him overthink every swing, but I also want to give him the best advice out there. I am partial to Tom Emanski's methods, but read quite a bit of contradictions in several web sites (Does anyone have an opinion on that one?). I really like this site and think there is some solid baseball knowledge shared. A lot of messages on this board are dedicated to circular rotation of hands and elbow in the slot. Can someone tell me what is meant by circular rotation (Do you mean top hand over?), and elbow in slot(Is that the same as bat splitting the helmet in half when in cocked position?)? Thanks for any help.
>>Hi Mark,The circular hand path means that the hands are connected to shoulder rotation and are brought around in a circular motion,fingers up fingers down.To me elbow in the slot is when the swing begins the rear elbow comes down to the rear rib cage,others may have a different meaning.I well send you 2 videos of rose and Mcgwire,they can be seen in frame by frame by putting the cursor to the left of the bar below the video and dragging across slowly.Rose shows the chp well,mac shows elbow in slot.