Posted by: Major Dan (markj89@charter.net) on Mon Feb 10 05:41:06 2003

Dan,
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> We had a good conversation going last month about staying inside the ball and we never finished. Can you read my last post and continue on?

Reposted from the end of the January thread:

[Majordan]
> Could you describe the 'fence drill' type swing as 'staying inside the ball' ?
> I agree that the fence drill causes disconnection, but aren't you still 'staying inside the ball' ? even though it's not an optimal swing?
> If you stay connected, does that guarantee you 'staying inside the ball' ? or can you have a connected swing that is too long or whatever the opposite of 'staying inside the ball' is...
> The flipper is a good analogy for rotating the bat into the ball, no doubt. However, can you stay connected and not stay inside the ball? I think you can...

[Teacherman]
That's a good question. My initial response would be that if you're connected you probably will stay inside the ball. Give me the scoop!! Is it the inside pitch that you have to disconnect on to stay inside?

This thread on 'staying inside the ball' never did reach any sort of resolution.
I will throw out several questions that need to be addressed in order to have this discussion:
1- is 'staying inside the ball' and 'keeping the hands in' the same thing?
1A - if not, what does 'staying inside the ball' mean?

2- what is relationship between transfer mechanics and 'staying inside the ball' (that is pretty close to Phil's original question)

3- if good transfer mechanics = staying connected, does staying connected necessarily make the hitter 'stay inside the ball' ?