Posted by: grc () on Fri Feb 13 17:43:35 2004

>>> Where you hit the ball is irrelevant to the cue "hit the inside of the ball". Where you try to hit it is everything.
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> As compared to "trying" to hit the outside of the ball which is a major flaw in many amateur swings. <<<
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> Hi Teacherman
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> I am puzzled as to how the swing is supposed to be improved by concentrating on "hit the inside of the ball". To hit the inside of the ball, the bat-head must be trailing behind the hands in the contact zone. I just failed to see how trying to have the hands leading in the zone enhances the swing. --- I do see some negatives that would occur with this vision during initiation. That is a prescription for a linear hand-path.
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> Jack Mankin
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" "trying" to hit the outside of the ball which is a major flaw in many amateur swings."....this statement suggests a lack of understanding of the swing....pull = os part of the ball...op field = is part of the ball...up mid = mid part of the ball.....