Posted by: Ray (rayfkiv@hotmail.com) on Tue Dec 11 14:54:19 2007

When hitting, how stright do you keep your lead arm (your left arm if you're a right handed batter)when you pull your hands back before the pitch? I have always had my arm pretty straight throught the whole swing, but at this hitting clinic I'm going to the insturctor said to bend more at the elbows because I had to long of a swing. When I watched Major League players in slow motion, many of them had a very straight arm, while others had a bigger bend at the elbow. So, in short, should worry about having too long a swing if I can swing fast enough, or would it be immossible to keep up with some pitches (mainly inside)with my lead elbow not being bent.

BTW my right arm's elbow is bent, just not my left arm.