Posted by: Scott (njeep97@yahoo.com) on Thu Jan 7 12:46:10 2010

> Scott:
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> There have been other discussions on this topic over the months and years on this duscission board. The short answer is "hitting down" is not an advantageous swing practice, unless you are purposefully trying to hit a ground ball for situational reasons in a game.
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> Your best bet for distance/power is to meet the flight path of the ball with a similar bat swing path. By swinging down on the ball you reduce the amount of time the bat and the ball are on the same path, thus you reduce the opportunity for solid contact.
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> Respectfully,
>
> Mark

Mark/guys,

I totally agree and teach my team to hit that way. But lately, a couple kids have gone to a trainer/ex college player that says you WANT to create that backspin to hit harder shots. Just seems WAY to hard to try and do something like that to me!

Does anyone have a link or some math data that shows the effect of backspin on the ball either traveling further or gaining loft?

thanks,

Scott