Posted by: Matt Schirm (coachschirm@hotmail.com) on Sat Mar 31 12:37:06 2007

Jack,

I don't believe that batters have to apply forces with their hands to move the bat barrel into a position from from which they can apply positive (toward the contact point) force. When batters first begin to rotate their bodies, while keeping their hands close to their back shoulders, the bat barrel will move into this position.

Matt Schirm