a guest hitting coach i worked with this weekend taught me "knob to the ball" then hammer at a downward angle straight to the ball.
what i normally do is do that, but as i hammer to the ball, i level off at the last second, before contact, so my bottom hand palm is palm down, with the palm parallel to the ground, and the other palm, palm up, also parallel to the ground. what i strive for is my palms parallel to the ground at contact.
this hitting coach actually wants me to be:
"palm up/forward, palm down/backward" at contact.
IOW, since she wants me to hammer the barrel downward at an angle at contact, the palms can't be parallel to the ground. they are almost at a 45 degree angle. so they are like palm up palm down, but rotated a little at an angle or maybe a little less. at least this is what i could get from when she demonstrated for me
this seems to make some sense to me and i am going to try this. it seems more direct to the ball. so i guess i wanted to know if "palm up, palm down" literally means that the palms have to be parallel to the ground??
also, since you want to go straight to the ball with the bat, does this mean the bat head will be traveling down at an angle at contact, and not actually be level to the ground? shouldn't your bat path be flat an inch or so before contact so you hit the ball flush and increase your chances of making solid contact, even though this will result in a longer bat path to the ball??
thanks!
what i normally do is do that, but as i hammer to the ball, i level off at the last second, before contact, so my bottom hand palm is palm down, with the palm parallel to the ground, and the other palm, palm up, also parallel to the ground. what i strive for is my palms parallel to the ground at contact.
this hitting coach actually wants me to be:
"palm up/forward, palm down/backward" at contact.
IOW, since she wants me to hammer the barrel downward at an angle at contact, the palms can't be parallel to the ground. they are almost at a 45 degree angle. so they are like palm up palm down, but rotated a little at an angle or maybe a little less. at least this is what i could get from when she demonstrated for me
this seems to make some sense to me and i am going to try this. it seems more direct to the ball. so i guess i wanted to know if "palm up, palm down" literally means that the palms have to be parallel to the ground??
also, since you want to go straight to the ball with the bat, does this mean the bat head will be traveling down at an angle at contact, and not actually be level to the ground? shouldn't your bat path be flat an inch or so before contact so you hit the ball flush and increase your chances of making solid contact, even though this will result in a longer bat path to the ball??
thanks!