Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Mon Apr 4 00:40:43 2005

>>> Tell him to stay, 'inside and on top' of the baseball, hit the ball squarely with back spin <<<

Hi Scott

Would you mind explaining your advice a little deeper. I have made frame-by-frame analyses of thousands of swings, Little League to the Pros, and not once have I found hands “outside the ball.” What is this cue meant to accomplish? – What is meant by “stay on top of the baseball?” All video shows the best hitter’s have their bat-heads below the ball and headed upward at contact. – Will not hitting the bottom-half of the baseball create backspin?

Jack Mankin