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Originally Posted by AtlUmpSteve
"C) Keep your hands in a comfortable position in front of the body between your upper legs and your belt buckle" (check).
Maybe my anatomy classes are different, but anything above the kneecap that is on my leg is on my upper leg.
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Don't disagree, but is says "between", not "on" your upper legs.
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Except that it looks too baseball, mind you.
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Don't care if it looks like baseball or not, but that is where I got my first experience of "locking" into position like this which was one of the reasons HP gave for not "leaning" on your knees. It is a position, at least for me, that takes a little more effort to disengage.
I stand in a relaxed, close to (but not quite) in a heel-toe stand about shoulder width. I hold my hands just below my belt (in the groin area) in a closed, but not fisted, manner. Much like "walking" the line, I find that I tend to move to the balls of my feet on the pitch and am ready to move in any direction upon the batter hitting the ball.