Reply to "Hitting Down Instruction - Help"

Golfman2510,000+ posts

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Originally posted by Low Finish:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Golfman25:
Good hitters start down, and then let the body turn the bat into the proper swing plane. That's what he was talking about with "matching the plane". In terms of "swing down for backspin", I have no idea what he could possibly be talking about. It's more of a mental thing.

I have a friend who believes that MLB hitters attempt to throw the bat straight down at the ball, but the tilt of the shoulders and the torso rotation cause the bat to move into the plane of the pitch.

Thanks guys. I guess that is what he was talking about. It is really the only way I can reconcile the to concepts. I am just concerned about a drill which really hammers home the "swing down" idea.

10/25/123:46 PM

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