Posted by: Joe A. () on Thu Aug 2 19:23:18 2001

Hello, This is the best site for baseball that Ive ever been on. Its hard to take in all the info. at one time. We have a lot of batting ideas that need to be frogotten and new ones to learn. My Dad played ball in the minors way back when. I want to know what he means when he says The longer the bat stays on the ball the better. Can you keep the bat on the ball longer with the right follow through?
> Hey keep up the great work on this site its tremendous stuff.
> Doug Recher Central Islip NY

Dough

This is what I think your father meant. When a ball is struck very well (the middle of the bat on the middle of the ball) the bat is on the same plane as the ball in the oppisite direction. The ball comes off the bat on the same plane that the bat was one when it makes contact.


Because the bat follows the ball on the same plane it appears that the ball stays on the bat longer. It lookes different then a ball coming off the bat on a higher or lower plane then the bat.

The truth is that when a ball is well struck it pops off the bat faster. Though its not something we can see with the naked eye or with super slow motion photography.

Joe A.