Posted by: summart () on Fri Dec 13 10:20:50 2002

> > They do and have done the heavy bag drill for months but in live pitching they still go out and try to get it and they are rotating - in fact, I go frame by frame with Sosa and Bonds and arc and swing radius and handpath is very close, but not contact point.

> > They time the ball to the T. Get the bathead at the T at the same time as the ball. Having a spot to time the ball to makes it easier for them than to just time the ball.

If the ball was sitting still as in golf, I agree that the perfect position is the still shot we see in the newspaper all the time. What do the hands do right after contact? I know Jack says do not push throw cause the ball is gone only on the bat for milliseconds. But what if the batter gets to the "CONTACT" position with the hands/elbows/shoulders and he is early, the ball is still out there. What do you do? The bat head is decelerating, do we have any shoulder rotation left, or do we throw our hands or "push" through to get the bathead there?