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Posted by: Maximum () on Thu May 24 11:53:57 2001

My coach has this theory of rolling the wrists at contact. I know that this is wrong, however, he says that it will make your bat more level as it comes across the plate. He says the bat should be like this line ---- simply straight across. To achieve this level swing he says I should pull the top hand over the bottom hand.
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> I am wondering if my bat should be level as it crosses the plate, or is it okay if the bat head is a little bit lower than my hands. If you look at the power hitters today, it seems as if their hands are always a little higher than the bat head , especially on a low ball. Coach says we should have the bat level everywhere, and I am not sure if this is a good thing.

It's all about gettin the bat inline with the ball. If the pitch is coming at the plate at a downward angle of about 15 degrees, then the bat should be goin up at about 15 degrees. When I tried swinging level (though not wrolling my wrists) I would either hit little liners that bounced in fron of the middle infielders, or choppers about 2 feet in front of the plate. So hit upwards.
Check this from Science Of Hitting

"Now, what about that "level" swing? As I said, you have always beard that the ideal swing is level or "down." Your swing often coincides with your physical capabilities. Certainly a Nellie Fox bad more of a level swing than a Mickey Mantle, because Nellie didn't knock down fences. Fox was a great little punch hitter who concentrated on getting a piece of the ball, on being quick with the bat, on directing balls sharply through the holes instead of up in the air. He had his sights high-to get on top of the ball. A fly ball from a light hitter is usually an out. When the ball is on the ground it puts a greater burden on the fielders. Things can happen.

But if you get the ball into the air with power, you have the gift to produce the most important hit in baseball-the home run. More important is that you hit consistently with authority. For those purposes, I advocate a slight upswing (from level to about 10 degrees)."

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> My coach has this theory of rolling the wrists at contact. I know that this is wrong, however, he says that it will make your bat more level as it comes across the plate. He says the bat should be like this line ---- simply straight across. To achieve this level swing he says I should pull the top hand over the bottom hand.
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> > I am wondering if my bat should be level as it crosses the plate, or is it okay if the bat head is a little bit lower than my hands. If you look at the power hitters today, it seems as if their hands are always a little higher than the bat head , especially on a low ball. Coach says we should have the bat level everywhere, and I am not sure if this is a good thing.
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>  It's all about gettin the bat inline with the ball.  If the pitch is coming at the plate at a downward angle of about 15 degrees, then the bat should be goin up at about 15 degrees.  When I tried swinging level (though not wrolling my wrists) I would either hit little liners that bounced in fron of the middle infielders, or choppers about 2 feet in front of the plate.  So hit upwards.  
>   Check this from Science Of Hitting
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> "Now, what about that "level" swing? As I said, you have always beard that the ideal swing is level or "down." Your swing often coincides with your physical capabilities. Certainly a Nellie Fox bad more of a level swing than a Mickey Mantle, because Nellie didn't knock down fences. Fox was a great little punch hitter who concentrated on getting a piece of the ball, on being quick with the bat, on directing balls sharply through the holes instead of up in the air. He had his sights high-to get on top of the ball. A fly ball from a light hitter is usually an out. When the ball is on the ground it puts a greater burden on the fielders. Things can happen.
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> But if you get the ball into the air with power, you have the gift to produce the most important hit in baseball-the home run. More important is that you hit consistently with authority. For those purposes, I advocate a slight upswing (from level to about 10 degrees)."

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