[Yoda]

Yoda - I am puzzled by post #34 and I wonder if I am misunderstanding something.

You seem to be offering advice on how to execute a four-barrel hitting action, and you stated-: "There is no reason to forego the 4-Barrel Stroke. Just use the Right Arm Throw Trigger (10-20-B) and see what you get."

I though that the Right Arm Throw Trigger is used to trigger the release of PA#1, which means that it should pertain to a triple barrel hitting action as well as a four-barrel hitting action. I thought that an "active right shoulder thrust downplane" differentiated a four-barrel hitter's action from a triple barrel hitter's action, and I cannot understand why a hitter should concentrate on a right arm throw trigger to turn a triple barrel into a four-barrel hitter's action.

I also don't understand why a hitter should experiment with a non-automatic random release. What's the purpose? I thought that a hitter should optimally delay his PA#1 release until his hands pass an imaginary line between his eyes and the ball.

As I've written before in these pages, the first three editions of TGM were, in Homer Kelley's own words, ". . . a Right Arm approach to the whole game" (1-F). And the evidence of that truth is contained in the Sample Stroke Patterns incorporated into those editions. The later editions removed that bias, introduced the Basic Stroke Patterns of 12-1-0 and 12-2-0, and encouraged students to come to their own conclusions. For the record, Homer himself was an avowed "hitting aficionado".

Now, Jeff, to your post. It is a wonderful thing to understand, for example, the inner workings of an automobile's drive train, transmission and carburetor. But, sometimes, for those interested only in driving the car -- not building or repairing it -- it is enough to be told to "step on the gas pedal and steer".

This was one of those times.

Before you indulge your admirable intellectual curiosity further, please just do the simple things I've advised.

Then, tell me what the ball says.