[tls2351]

Hello,

I have a couple of basic questions that I'm sure have been answered elsewhere but I just can't seem to find a post that clears up exactly what I'm interested in.

1) At address, how does a hitter set up his hands? Are the hands set up bent right/flat left as one would set up for a chip shot, and then the hands alignment maintained the same from address through impact? Or does the hitter set up with a bent left flat right and then then attain the impact position of the hands sometime during the swing (this is what Lynn Blake looks to be doing in the gallery vids where it is clear he is hitting).

2) At transition, how do the hips move? Is it a purely lateral "bump." Is there a rotational dimension to the initial move of the hips? I've read some things about "cross-line" hip action but I'm not clear what that means.

3) Do hitters need to make any special modifications to the grip? I am starting to transition to hitting because it just comes so much more naturally to me than swinging but I'm wondering if I need to make some sort of grip adjustment (right now I use a very neutral grip) to make it work.

Again, sorry if these have already been addressed many times before. Thanks for your help.