Posted by: Lamber () on Mon Dec 15 13:50:01 2003

Yo Rich, thanks for your reply regarding palm orientation & wrist roll. Please elaborate upon using front arm to get plane of bat on same plane as ball to eliminate pop-ups
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> ........getting on plane with a high pitch probably has more to do with posture than anything else. In other words, for an UP pitch you should be more vertical or chest should be more upright on the axis and then just rotate the same old way. It is probably easier to hit an Up pitch than down -- to me.
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> The reason so many hit pop-ups is because "they dip the back shoulder" and guess what -- the bat head drops way below the hands. Can you spell U-P-P-E-R-C-U-T. That's why rotational hitting will never catch on in fastpitch as long as there is a R-I-S-E-B-A-L-L.....

Jenny...Jenny...Jenny. Just because you girls can't do it doens't mean it's wrong. I played men's fastpitch at a very high level. Yes, the riseball can be a difficult pitch to hit. But, the adjustments to hit it still include the dipping of the rear shoulder. The necessary adjustments are made with your posture.

And, by the way, the barrell is always below the hands at contact. Yes, even those balls you hit hard.