Posted by: donny (donnybstr@aol.com) on Wed Dec 17 16:50:54 2003

Should "door knocking" knuckles be aligned when holding the bat or is this strictly a linear mechanics concept?
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> I feel that a batter should use whatever grip he feels is comfortable without squeezing the bat tight and without lining up the main knuckles. For most kids that I have worked with, when they lined up the "knocking" knuckles perfectly, it was uncomfortable for them. So I had them modify it a little until it was comfortable. Hope this helps.
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I have come full circle with this. I bought into the knocking knuckles for a while but I soon learned that it is just not so. The top hand is more comfortable with the knuckles lined up to where you would wear a ring on the bottom hand. THe most important issue is the knuckles on the bottom hand should be on the plane of the pitch just like the lead elbow. The rear elbow slotting can align the knocking knuckles at impact. So maybe the grip if loose and comfortable might change through the swing slightly if the lead elbow works up and the rear elbow works down. Grip is very important but the slight offset is seen more in MLB.. IMO