Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sat Sep 9 08:59:55 2006

>>> Hi Jack,

I don't agree with your point of view.

What initiates the swing is the hips, the upperbodies job is to stay connected to the body. It is the body rotation that causes the bat to come around and you need to connect the bat/arms to the body. <<<

Hi Shawn

The question is -- is a batter more likely to keep the hands back and bat/arms connected to rotation concentrating on “hips first” or concentrating on “accelerating the bat-head rearward” toward the lag position?

Jack Mankin