Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Mon Feb 3 11:56:36 2003

When I mentioned bending at the waist,I am talking about more or less flex of the lower spine to adjust the swing plane to match the low or high pitch,given that you are already limiting yourself to/looking inside or out half.I believe "weathervaning" is a "cue"/swing key/marker for this as an image of what the right spine angle/bend at waist is going to feel like later in the swing.Set spine angle at launch and for the most part(not absolutely)maintain spine angle through contact as recommended in golf teaching.

The timing inside vs out is different enough that it's better to be looking one way or another.The adjustmant for in or out feels to me like it is a handpath radius adjustment depending on how much stretch is set up before launch.Outside pitch has relatively more stretch(more bend comes out of front arm) before launch and later "launch"(torso starts driving handpath slightly later) creating what Jack calls a "high load" situation.Outside pitch "gets deeper",but this cue should be interpreted in a timing sense(relative delay of launch while additional stretching lengthens swing radius)rather than as letting contact happen deep.You are not trying to go the other way.You are trying to start/"launch" later and inspite of higher load,still making contact perpendicualar to flight of pitch.This requires accentuation of how much the bat is turning already before/at "launch"(accentuation of tht).More stretch/longer swing radius/more bat turn before launch to adjust outside which gives significantly different timing.