Posted by: Thorpe Facer (tfacer@yahoo.com) on Thu Jan 30 06:30:47 2003

What do hitters mean when they refer to staying "inside of the ball" and how does that apply to rotational mechanics.



I think that Teacherman is right in that many people use the phrase to mean what he describes. I think, however, that the majority of instructors mean something else, and I agree with Major Dan that many people know it when they see it but can't describe it (somewhat like the Supreme Court and obscenity).

I have concluded that staying inside the ball refers to keeping the hands and arms connected to the upper body or what Jack calls, and I like his term, transfer mechanics. Learning or teaching transfer mechanics is, to me, the hardest part of the swing mechanic. I also think that it's the quality of their transfer mechanics that distinguishes good hitters from average ones.