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TDS

Mar 11, 2010
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I don't know how you learned to bunt but I was taught and I teach to catch the ball with the hand. The bat is in the way. So, that is a lot different than a swing.

Yea, that's a great way to deaden the contact.. So no adjustments when you foul off the first attempt ?
 

TDS

Mar 11, 2010
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If you are reading me correctly here pattar I am agreeing with you :). I just tried to hit the ball. Regards to focusing on spin and making any kind of calculated adjustment .. good luck! Hitting a baseball is not like tennis. If I see my opponent hit a slice stroke I know the ball will float and there will be very little bounce, if they hit top spin then the ball will arc down and kick with a big hop. The difference is I know what's coming due to my opponents stroke.. not the same in baseball/softball. I have no idea what's coming and trying to read the spin is virtually impossible.

I'm just saying if it's the hitters approach to actually make an attempt to hit a certain part of the ball, then I would be trying to hit just below center.

So I must have been a freak I guess ;).. I didn't know what was coming but moved into a leveraged position to cover my zone unless of course there were 2 strikes then I became defensive to cover the whole zone. IOW's I dictated the ab not the pitcher unless 2 strikes.
 

Cannonball

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Feb 25, 2009
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Yea, that's a great way to deaden the contact.. So no adjustments when you foul off the first attempt ?
I was the smallest kid on the varsity and hit in the cleanup spot. I never bunted. Bunting is easy off of HS BP. LOL
 
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So I must have been a freak I guess ;).. I didn't know what was coming but moved into a leveraged position to cover my zone unless of course there were 2 strikes then I became defensive to cover the whole zone.
Seeing spin and adjusting is certainly something I did (or tried to at least) but the adjustment is a reactionary one based upon past experience of seeing curves..your brain extrapolates based upon previous experience to try and determine where the ball is going to end up and you (reactively) adjust your swing accordingly. I see that as being different than attempting to hit a certain part of the ball.
 
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