Posted by: mjb (mb6606@hotmail.com) on Thu Jun 2 17:29:23 2005

> >>> The left arm needs to blast off the chest during the pivot. Putting the towel under the left arm ansd swinging hard is a good way to break a rib. As VJ Singh did doing this sort of drill. <<<
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> I disagree. For pitches middle-in, the lead-arm should not “blast off the chest during the pivot” and unless the towel is rolled into a big hard knot, this drill could not cause a rib injury (VJ Singh included). Many of my students have performed this drill (using a heavy bag) with great success.
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> Mjb, there are countless clips of good rotational hitter’s lead-arms remaining across much of their chest during rotation on pitches middle-in. As with Ken Griffey Jr., http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/mpg/griffey_ken.mpeg , the towel would not fall until after contact.
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> Jack Mankin
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"If they drop the towel when they swing, they have to run."
Jack,
Only answering the question as posted. Dropping the towel after contact was not an option. You are reporting/proposing a different drill. Therefore my response remains the same.