knob towards catcher

[iMlearning]

During the "stretch" phase of sequence, how important is it to have to knob of the bat pointed towards the catcher? My DD has done a good job recently at keeping the bat close to the rear shoulder and follows the cue "pull the bow string," but her bat stays vertical. Should I be picky about that at this point? I'll have little time to work with her as her team goes full force in about a week.

 

[straightleg]

Alittle bit would be ok, I would not over do it.
If you where to over do it the front elbow/shoulder might fly out.

Like turning the barrell. To much of that, and it will look like a golf swing, shoulder flies out.


Most of the time you give a hitter a swing thought, it will change something else




Straightleg

 

[inde53546]

By no means an expert. Look at the liv's swing 11 y/o post. She pushes the knob toward catcher which seems to cause the barrel to go way behind her head which if I'm understanding several other posts contributes to bat drag.

 

[straightleg]

Here is one of my DD at toe touch starting to shift the weight.. It is towards the catcher some.



SL

 

[iMlearning]

Thanks. I think I won't even bring it up at this point. We worked so hard on getting rid of the front arm bar and bat drag, I'd hate to cause any problems. At times I see it move slightly towards the catcher, but most of the time it is pretty much straight up and down.

 

[HYP]

During the "stretch" phase of sequence, how important is it to have to knob of the bat pointed towards the catcher? My DD has done a good job recently at keeping the bat close to the rear shoulder and follows the cue "pull the bow string," but her bat stays vertical. Should I be picky about that at this point? I'll have little time to work with her as her team goes full force in about a week.

Toward the catcher? I would say the catchers feet.

 

[straightleg]

Heres another at toe touch before weight shift. Bottom hand a small amount underneath the top hand.
I am happy with this setup, she maintains a flexed front arm and does not bar it out.

You can see the (grip) hook, index finger of top hand, keeping the bat in her fingers
Stepping out to the inside edge of her front foot with a flexed front knee.




SL

 

[redhotcoach]

Heres another at toe touch. Bottom hand a small amount underneath the top hand.
I am happy with this setup, she maintains a flexed front arm and does not bar it out.




SL

Yes. Bhut. I like it too.

I have said to others as we talk about vertical bats in mlbers a lot are holding the bat at the same angle to hands as your dd, but the guys tend to bend over a lot at their waist and makes the bat vertical, but it is closer to 45 degrees if they stood more upright.

 

[iMlearning]

Heres another at toe touch before weight shift. Bottom hand a small amount underneath the top hand.
I am happy with this setup, she maintains a flexed front arm and does not bar it out.

You can see the (grip) hook, index finger of top hand, keeping the bat in her fingers
Stepping out to the inside edge of her front foot with a flexed front knee.




SL

Okay, I just compared my DD's video at to touch and her front arm is bent a little more than your daughters, and maybe a very slight angle to the catchers feet.

 

[guero_gordo]

My son had a hitting coach that was big on pointing the knob at the catcher, which also pointed the barrel away from the catcher and promoted wrap. At the same time, DD's HC emphasized pushing the whole bat back, no wrap.

Pretty sure DD's coach was right, pointing is a bad cue, and the no-wrap stance works better.
Near as I can tell from the angle above she has it right.