Love your videos, Matt! Thanks! The bat path influencing palm up/palm down and palm up/palm down influencing the bat path is sorta like the chicken and the egg. My very smart but stubborn granddaughter doesn't want me to say anything about hand position when I try to talk about why she is hitting so many weak ground balls. But she will talk about extension because one of her hitting coaches talked about it. So, we work on extension which affects palm up/palm down.
is it OK on low pitches to be more palm in Palm out instead of up and down? if I assume the position of Hanley and then tilt my shoulders for a low pitch my top hand faces more the other batters box than the sky.
On some pitches like away or low you may be a bit more down to the ball so your palm might be a little less up and down. If you think about staying over the plate it will make it easier to stay palm up palm down but you won't always be in this exact position.
Antonelli Baseball could you say you are always palm up down in relation to the shoulder axis but because the shoulder axis is tilted down the hands are also pointing down?
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Love your videos, Matt! Thanks! The bat path influencing palm up/palm down and palm up/palm down influencing the bat path is sorta like the chicken and the egg. My very smart but stubborn granddaughter doesn't want me to say anything about hand position when I try to talk about why she is hitting so many weak ground balls. But she will talk about extension because one of her hitting coaches talked about it. So, we work on extension which affects palm up/palm down.
I didn't know Bonda did thar drill, but I do the same with metal bat, light weight and fun
is it OK on low pitches to be more palm in Palm out instead of up and down? if I assume the position of Hanley and then tilt my shoulders for a low pitch my top hand faces more the other batters box than the sky.
On some pitches like away or low you may be a bit more down to the ball so your palm might be a little less up and down. If you think about staying over the plate it will make it easier to stay palm up palm down but you won't always be in this exact position.
Antonelli Baseball could you say you are always palm up down in relation to the shoulder axis but because the shoulder axis is tilted down the hands are also pointing down?
What's a good drill .. to master this
Practicing off the tee with aslowmotion camera...
Wait a minute!!! His back elbow stays basically in the same spot until after contact?!??!
Thanks
Thank you!
Elbows down palms up long and level !!!