Posted by: The Hitman (ahsnumber3@aol.com) on Thu Nov 21 13:26:58 2002

Hi,
> >
> > I think the best way to describe a short swing is to have a link from the start of your swing, with your circular hand path to the front shoulder. Remember if you start your hands wrong nothing else matters, so that is what a short swing is.
> > If you have questions Jack has posted the lead arm pull and the connection of the front shoulder to bring the bat around so just go back and refresh yourself. I think if you read Jacks posts you will get the hang of it.
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> Do the top hand and arm have any influence on whether a swing is long or short?

I believe the top hand controls the radius of the swing, too much pull and you could seperate the bat from the body's rotation.