Hitting a round ball with a round bat is not easy. That’s why batters at every level sometimes struggle at the plate. If he’s in a slump, it seems that even when it appears he picks a good pitch and seem to make solid contact, the ball just doesn’t go anywhere. Chances are the batter is doing one or two things incorrectly. First, he may be “casting”, throwing his arms out far away from his body as he swings. And second, he may be rolling his wrists over too early.
When a coach says “stay inside the ball,” they mean they want your hands to stay close to your body as you swing. Why? Because your swing takes longer when you cast or sweep your hands out away. and it’s almost impossible to hit an inside pitch when your bat is far from your body.
And if you roll over your hands too early, you’ll be hitting too far on the top of the ball. All you’ll hit is ground balls.
Now contrary to what many believe, everyone’s wrists roll over sometime their swing. And everyone casts their hands away from their body, but after contact it’s just called extension. You need to delay both of those until after contact so you don’t become a ground ball machine.
Click on the video below to view a video of some awesome swings. Notice that after contact, they all cast/extend and roll over. But definitely after contact. These are some of the best hitters in Major League Baseball.
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