Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Thu May 1 12:04:37 2008

>>> Need your help on correcting a swing flaw with one of our players.

Lefty batter, her bottom hand (left )is palm up but her lead hand looks like she's trying a back hand tennis swing. The back of hand is facing the pitcher and her palm is facing the catcher.

Any drills come to mind that will help her ? <<<

Thanks, Coach Steve.

Hi Steve

I find two main causes for what you described. One results from the lead-elbow being down at the batter’s side instead of up in the swing plane as the swing is initiated. The back of the lead-hand tends to roll to face the pitcher during rotation when the elbow drops (or starts below the swing plane) prior to contact. – Make sure her lead-elbow is up in the swing plane as she initiates rotation.

The second cause is what I refer to as “wrist droop.” It is induced from the batter’s grip. The post from the Archives below covers this topic.

The grip & “Wrist droop”

Jack Mankin