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Re: Dropping the Hands

Posted by: Jeff () on Fri Feb 4 07:59:05 2011

> Hi Jack,
>
> At age 12, my son is a pretty good hitter. Lately though I see his hands dropping down in front of the chest during his load. I think this results in to much uppercut, and as result too many weakly hit ground balls because his bat is not on the right plane.

The bat is probably on the right plane, but he's not generating any power, and he probably has bat lag.

Hands to shoulder during "load".

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> > Hi Jack, > > > > At age 12, my son is a pretty good hitter. Lately though I see his hands dropping down in front of the chest during his load. I think this results in to much uppercut, and as result too many weakly hit ground balls because his bat is not on the right plane. > > The bat is probably on the right plane, but he's not generating any power, and he probably has bat lag. > > Hands to shoulder during "load".

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