The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.
I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
When you lose the ability to step up and hit the ball as hard and as far as you want, that also affects your ability to will the ball to go where you want it to go, if you know what I mean.
Used to be bats had thick handles and a big barrel. Then they found it's not the size of the bat that gets home runs - it's the speed with which you can swing it.
A lot of hitters stay away from the plate, some are close up, some are forward, some are back. The thing about hitting is this: You have to know the strike zone. That's the most important thing. Hit strikes and put the bat on the ball.
It's a round ball and a round bat, and you got to hit it square.
It's not just enough to swing at the ball. You've got to loosen your girdle and really let the ball have it.
Obviously, there's not as much flex in a wood bat as in a metal bat, so I'm still trying to adjust to that.
If you're free of mechanical thoughts and free of knowing that your body and bat are going to be in the right position at the right time, you can freely focus on the ball. It's a great feeling.
The easiest way around the bases is with one swing of the bat.