Posted by: donny (donnybstr@aol.com) on Mon May 31 19:04:14 2004

Did anybody watch this on Saturday (5/29/04)?
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> > He focused on the "top hand" and "throwing the end of the bat at the ball" (at least I think he said something like that. I couldn't watch very closely.).
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> > Could anybody provide details?
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> > Thanks!
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> I just watched it myself and was gonna make a post here about it. He was "teaching" Jenny Finch how to hit a baseball pretty much. He talked about keeping your front shoulder lined up with the ball as it is approaching and using the top hand to throw the barrel at the ball. He also said the bat drags through the zone when most people focus on the bottom hand. That's pretty much what it was about, or atleast the focus points... I can't believe Jenny Finch got to use his bat... lucky lucky lucky lucky.

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When people read this stuff about top hand vs bottom hand and try to apply it, there is a risk that they forget what really happens in the swing. When Bonds( or anybody) tries to focus on the top hand for people trying to learn to hit they assume that the student is doing everything else right at best.

IMO, Bonds hips launch his shoulders as a connected unit. His bat speed is produced by torque just like everybody that hits it hard. To tell an aspiring hitter that the secret of hitting is the "top hand" is like putting a band aid on a broken neck.

I saw a good clip where he said that he got his front foot down early and rotated his hips. I believe that more!