Leek, I know john/owner personally so if you dont mind, and manzella acedemy you can delete if you want for violation, I understand.
at set up you can have the inside of the forearm touching it, or you can have mid body hands and float load into havng the inside of the left forearm touch it, and KEEP IT THERE untill you hit the ball. The object is have it touch at impact, if you dont feel it do that work with it untill you learn how to control your hands, arms, body, until you make it. John does not like training aids that force you into correct positions, but rather training aids that tell you when you are not in correct position so you can fix it by feel.