Bat Speed -- Baseball Hitting Forum

Posted by: JPB (jburek@sprynet.com) on Wed Mar 20 06:41:11 2002

>>> My 12 year old daughter plays fastpitch softball. No matter how fast the pitch, she hits it on the Label (center of the bat) and hits the ball to the right. Any suggetions? JPB <<<
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> Hi JPB
>
> Welcome to the site. --- I would venture to say that most batting coaches (especially fastpitch) are somewhat puzzled that you would feel that your daughter has a problem when she “hits it on the Label (center of the bat) and hits the ball to the right”. To them, she has successively demonstrated their most cherished batting cues; “Get your hands extended (never mind the bat-head)”, “Hit the inside of the ball”, “Knob to the ball (never mind the bat-head)”, and of course, “Hit to the opposite field.”
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> The information on this site is dedicated to helping hitters develop mechanics that accelerate the bat-head more than the hands. Reading and understanding the material may take awhile, but I think you will find it well worth the effort.
>
> Jack Mankin
>
Jack,
Thanks for the info. My wording should have been better. What I am puzzled by is no matter how fast or SLOW the pitch is, the ball goes always to the right.

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> >>> My 12 year old daughter plays fastpitch softball. No matter how fast the pitch, she hits it on the Label (center of the bat) and hits the ball to the right. Any suggetions?   JPB <<<
> > 
> > Hi JPB
> > 
> > Welcome to the site. --- I would venture to say that most batting coaches (especially fastpitch) are somewhat puzzled that you would feel that your daughter has a problem when she “hits it on the Label (center of the bat) and hits the ball to the right”. To them, she has successively demonstrated their most cherished batting cues; “Get your hands extended (never mind the bat-head)”, “Hit the inside of the ball”, “Knob to the ball (never mind the bat-head)”, and of course, “Hit to the opposite field.”
> > 
> > The information on this site is dedicated to helping hitters develop mechanics that accelerate the bat-head more than the hands. Reading and understanding the material may take awhile, but I think you will find it well worth the effort. 
> > 
> > Jack Mankin     
> > 
> Jack,
>  Thanks for the info. My wording should have been better. What I am puzzled by is no matter how fast or SLOW the pitch is, the ball goes always to the right.

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