Hitting the ball on the handle...

maybe ur just casting ur hands out and not staying inside the ball, or the guy was jamming u inside?

Think of this when you are doing BP or in a game: You want you hands to go back very light and you never want to grip the bat tight when ur striding. Then when you gonna swing you can go hard but the important think is keeping your hands soft and loose when you bringin them back.

that happened to me a while back, and i found out that cages can help. If it's available, take as many swings as possible. Throw your hands at the ball and try to control the bat and hit up the middle or oppo. Also try to focus on the ball and the release point of the pitcher. In your off time, try to visualize the perfect mechanics, the perfect pitch, and you hitting it to the right place. I was injured and missed most of this past season due to a left thumb ligament tear. When i got back, the visualization helped so much that my first game back i was 2-2. Just keep practicing and dont give up.

How do you get a left thumb ligament tear?

Just wondering because (this next sentence will sound funny but try not to laugh) i was in the band room and a trombone player gave me a high five really hard and it killed my thumb. Now that was about 2-3 months ago and it kinda hurts a little bit.

Thanks
plp556

i dont mean to get off topic, but he asked...

Since i transfered to the school as a soph., i was placed on the frosh/soph team because the head coach wanted me to get experience. it was the third game of the year, the second of a double header that day. it was only a scrimmage, so my coach was experimenting people in different spots. I played RF and 1B, so he put me in RF cause i had played 1B the whole time. The CF had never played that spot before, and a ball was hit to right center. Unfortunately, neither of us could hear the other calling it off thanks to the freeway noise next to our skool. While reaching with my glove hand ( right hand ) for the ball, he collided with me, fracturing one side of my thumb and tearing the ulnar collateral lig. on the other. I ended up going in for surgery and had a cast on it for 5 weeks. While i was out, i was kinda an assistant coach for the team, so i stayed involved.

After recovery, i came back and played 8 games. My first game i went in in the top of the 4th and then batted in the bot. I went 2-2 in the game and finished at .350. I had to tape my hand before every game, though, and it was a huge hassle.

God blessed me with that small # of games and now im ready for summer ball!

Hope you enjoyed the story!