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What makes a good bat path?
An efficient bat to ball collision.
Often times hitters waste energy created from bat speed with inefficient bat to ball collisions. This results in high spin & low exit velocity batted balls by "clipping" the incoming pitch.
An efficient bat to ball collision.
Often times hitters waste energy created from bat speed with inefficient bat to ball collisions. This results in high spin & low exit velocity batted balls by "clipping" the incoming pitch.
We often hear coaches say " stay behind & through the ball", but what does that really mean?
This is referring to the barrel getting behind the incoming pitch and working through both the vertical and horizontal pitch planes, resulting in much more desirable batted balls.
This is referring to the barrel getting behind the incoming pitch and working through both the vertical and horizontal pitch planes, resulting in much more desirable batted balls.
For example, if the pitcher is throwing a fastball with a vertical pitch plane of -6°, ideally we would like to "match the pitchers plane" with a slight upswing around 6°.
This will create a much better opportunity for an efficient collision resulting in optimal outcomes.
This will create a much better opportunity for an efficient collision resulting in optimal outcomes.
As hitters our batted balls provide great real time bat path feedback.
Generally speaking, the more batted ball spin that occurs (slice, flare, hook, etc.), the more offset our swing plane is from the incoming pitch plane.
"Get on plane with the pitch!"
Generally speaking, the more batted ball spin that occurs (slice, flare, hook, etc.), the more offset our swing plane is from the incoming pitch plane.
"Get on plane with the pitch!"
