Posted by: rql () on Sun Sep 14 18:29:38 2003

I have been practicing with a friend of mine recently who has noticed that when I swing everything seems to be going in synchronisity and at the right time in corrolation to the pitch. Everything that is except my hands. He said that he has noticed that for some reason my hands seem to be behind the rest of my body. I asked him and he said I am not dropping my back shoulder. I am 15 and I use a 29 oz bat, so I would assume it isn't too heavy. Any ideas as to why my hands are lagging behind?
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> 29 oz. means your using a 32 inch bat[-3] I have not seen any kid come on to my H.S. field with a 31 inch bat.I have seen big strong kids with their hands lagging their body rotation.Often it is a lack of connection from shoulders to hands.You may want to film from the side and see if the rear elbow is getting ahead of the hands ,this happens from dragging them.This actually ties in with my thread above flattening hands.I feel you need to have the lead shoulder pull pulling the bottom hand down and forward while the rear elbow pulls the top hand back.if the rear elbow gets ahead of the hands you have no ability to drive the top hand with the rear shoulder.
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> A 29 oz. bat is heavy for most 15 yo kids that I have seen.The larger bats cause problems in going from JV to Varsity ball. Everything gets moving BUT the bat. MLB players might be swinging 4 more ozs. and able to bench press 200 more pounds. You can't dominate that bat like you will be able to as you get older.