Posted by: ray porco () on Wed Apr 23 18:09:00 2003

Mister X,

Your quote:
“If I were to drive my top hand past my bottom hand (right hand past the left), bottom hand would know be in front of the top hand and closer to the pitcher.”

Wha???

If I drove my top hand PAST my bottom hand, how could the bottom hand be CLOSER to the pitcher?

If I drove my top hand PAST my bottom hand, how could the bottom hand be IN FRONT of the top hand?

Please clarify. Your quote has me very confused.

I will proceed anyhow, with my definition.
I’ll describe it physically and then give examples.

If I were to place my right hand (with palm down) on a table and drive a nail through the center of the back of the hand and then removing my hand rotate it so that the nail point (palm of hand) is vertical (facing up), and then adduct the hand at the wrist joint (move the little finger closer to the forearm, keeping the point of the nail vertical )- this would be ulnar flexion (ulnar deviation).
If I were to rotate my forearm (the wrist cannot rotate) so that the nail would point horizontally then this is my definition of the “wrist roll”.
If I were to rotate my forearm so that the nail would now start pointing beyond horizontal (downward), I would term this “wrist rolling over”.

Three examples “driving the top hand past the bottom hand” are in the links listed below.
They have the same things in common:
1) the top hand is driven past the bottom hand (closer to the pitcher)(they are not parallel)
2) the ball is included in the photos to demonstrate the swing at (or as close to) contact.
3) there is no evidence of the “wrist rolling over” (quite the contrary, the palms of the top hands are all pointing up).

http://www.gpkonline.com/griffey/gallery1/pic201.html

http://www.drydenphoto.com/mark_mcgwirepictures.html

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/features/2001/bonds/popups/hr_4.html



ray porco