..what do you teach or what were you taught?
A prevalent conventional teach at lower levels is to line up knocker knuckles (or close) but if you look at many MLB guys, they wrap quite a bit - much closer to lining up big knuckles.
Thought I'd throw it out here for discussion and opinions on what is behind the differing philosophies.
Happy New Year!
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When I coached lower levels I ignored knocking knuckles because half the time kids did not know which ones were used for knocking. Instead I would have them work on holding the bat palm up/palm down at the impact point and gripping from there, which usually results in being a little past knocking knuckles.
All but 2 MLB hitters line up their rings. Why would you do something different?
Which grip enables you to turn the bat head sooner?
I think the knocking nuckles are a little of an overstatement to get away from what I call "gorilla grip" . It is easier to get to the palm up/palm down position, and it keeps them gripping the bat more in their fingers and not in their palms.
In your fingers. Light to medium grip - no death grips!
