Posted by: Jimmy () on Sun Nov 4 22:33:57 2007

> Hi Forum,
>
> I am overall satisfied with my rotational swing (swing as described by batspeed). I also tried a few variations. Upon video analysis, I seem to build suffiecient power/energy/bang.
> The problem I have is the lead elbow. I seem to misdirect the energy so that when I make contact, the ball is overly sliced, producing a long POP UP. Kinda like a sliced backhand in tennis. I feel I am losing alot of energy because of this.
> Can anyone help me out. Instead of deep and high balls, I need help bringing them up and over.
>
> HELP!
>
> Dennis W.

Hi Dennis,

Sounds to me like you have a weak top hand (or back side). If your front side is pulling off too hard, your barrel will end up slightly below where you would like it at contact.

Hitters with front side dominance typically slice under the ball or pull around topping choppers to the third baseman.

Try hitting some line drives about head high off the wall instead of fly balls to the track.

In other words...

MORE TOP HAND!

Good luck.

Jimmy