Posted by: grc () on Sun Mar 25 18:30:42 2001

jack, tom, et al.....my son plays jc baseball....in his stance, he is in somewhat of a coiled position....as his stride foot goes forward his hands go back to a point over the back foot and the shoulder turns back to a point where it is facing the shortstop (he hits left handed)....problem: at this instant of commitment to the pitch he does NOT HAVE THE TIME to turn the shoulder back in (perpendicular to the pitcher)...the ball is THERE and the only way he can contact the ball is quickly drawing in the arms (yes, there goes the circular hand path!!!)and barely but not squarely getting the bat on the ball.........if you can make sense of the problem, this is the question: when you have a 90 mph fastball headed your way, even if you strt your stride a little earlier, can you REALLY train your self to FIRST reposition the front shoulder BEFORE swinging?.....please don't tell me that it will happen automatically (repositioning the front shoulder)because it has not been happening....respectfully, grc.....