Reply to "Your barrel is supposed to work around the ball"

cabbagedadHSBaseballWeb member since 2011

Francis7 posted:
All I can add is that I said that your barrel is supposed to follow through the ball. And, they said I was wrong and that it's supposed to work around it

That's not much context. The most common teach these days is "stay inside and on plane". Occasionally, you will see a batter hook around a ball in a defensive effort to put a tough pitch in play or as a result of being fooled on an off-speed pitch but definitely not a mechanical teach. Decades ago, many players would release the top hand earlier, trying to generate bat speed more with wrists, with the perception that they were reaching full extension at contact. Often, the result of being a hair early was barrel getting around the ball. Not desirable.

Curious... are you talking to an instructor? Coach? Parent? Age?

4/15/191:55 PM

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