Posted by: rql () on Sun Sep 23 16:37:37 2007

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> I think this is also similar to Jack's description of how the direction of THT varies for inside vs outside. Not only is it important that the direction is different, BUT for plate coverage it is important for HOW the variation takes place/sequences, so it as if the same loading path is always started, then interrupted early to turn more/sooner on inside and and continued longer also stretching lead arm longer to get "earlier batspeed" for outside.
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> In any case. the lead arm needs to not have slop/get dragged by shoulder turn. instead, the lead arm needs to act so load is finished and reversed quickly which is done by the lead arm controlling how the shoulders tilt rather than turn to have the load end with a quick stretch and fire, not a push/drag of the hands.
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> Peavy has a nice set of 1 arm lead arm drills, then adding the top hand.
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> Jack's approach is to learn the CHP with one armed top hand drills (learn to avoid top hand dominance pushing/disocnnecting the swing, AND using the heavy bag at contact to learn good timing so the batsped accelerates to max right at contact, then adding lead arm/BHT, then adding back arm/THT.
Tom I could be wrong and jack can chime in to correct me but I think in his discussions we have talked about tht direction varying in/out it was the direction of the pull of the top hand he felt.This however where i feel the bottom hand comes into play especially with the outside pitch ,it is the power source to get the knob up and out to initiate that away swing pattern,and it is the ability of the bottom hand to prepare for that pattern then abort it and quickly get the knob down and in instead of up and out that really helps the top hand pull back and early batspeed.