We usually only did this stuff as kids when we had an injured hand.
Is this a popular drill today?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEPgrDKAKKU
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quote:Originally posted by Quincy:
We usually only did this stuff as kids when we had an injured hand.
Is this a popular drill today?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEPgrDKAKKU
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I don't like the bottom hand drill at all, because I don't believe the bottom hand hits the ball. I believe it is used as a guide and lever and is actually stopped from going forward through much of the swing, while the top hand uncocks the wrists and hits the ball. JMO
The kid in the video was sure whacking it with either hand.
Wonder how the wrist uncocked with no top hand
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Wonder how the wrist uncocked with no top hand
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quote:Originally posted by Quincy:
The kid in the video was sure whacking it with either hand.
Wonder how the wrist uncocked with no top hand
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It may not have, since he hit it so far in front of the plate but if he did, he did it with his forearm. Could he have done the same thing with a 60mph pitch? I doubt it, unless he had forearms the size of thighs. He could do the same drill he did here with the back hand and actually hit the ball farther than he did here.
And here I was thinking that the bat uncocked the wrist.
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Don't know much about tennis, does anyone here?
I see the same hand being bottom or top in tennis. I see some vicious backhands, but imagine the fore hand is most everyone's strongest. Would the technique to hit a back hand or fore hand in tennis be the same or similiar as the one handed swings with a baseball bat?
BTW, I have seen guys who can hit the ball real hard doing the above drills. And I see the bottom hand drill used most often.
I see the same hand being bottom or top in tennis. I see some vicious backhands, but imagine the fore hand is most everyone's strongest. Would the technique to hit a back hand or fore hand in tennis be the same or similiar as the one handed swings with a baseball bat?
BTW, I have seen guys who can hit the ball real hard doing the above drills. And I see the bottom hand drill used most often.
One hand drills are a waste of time.
But it looks like this kid uses each hand properly in the drill.
But it looks like this kid uses each hand properly in the drill.
I don't know if they are a waste of time or not but my Son has done both these drills since he was 10. Never because one hand or the other was injured. His current instructor, that he has had for the past 2 years, does not use these drills though.
quote:Originally posted by PGStaff:
Don't know much about tennis, does anyone here?
I see the same hand being bottom or top in tennis. I see some vicious backhands, but imagine the fore hand is most everyone's strongest. Would the technique to hit a back hand or fore hand in tennis be the same or similiar as the one handed swings with a baseball bat?
BTW, I have seen guys who can hit the ball real hard doing the above drills. And I see the bottom hand drill used most often.
They may be useful to build strength and bat control. I just don't think the bottom hand does what it does in this drill. It gets too far away from the body.
The bottom hand does exactly what is shown in this drill. Very good pronation.
And, it won't get "so far away from the body" when the other hand is on the bat.
I believe the proper hand action is best taught with both hands on the bat.
And, it won't get "so far away from the body" when the other hand is on the bat.
I believe the proper hand action is best taught with both hands on the bat.
quote:I believe the proper hand action is best taught with both hands on the bat.
So do I......
quote:Originally posted by BlueDog:quote:I believe the proper hand action is best taught with both hands on the bat.
So do I......
Guys,
I really am trying to understand what you are saying, but if everything is on "auto pilot" after the "instantaneous launch and spend," how can the arms in these clips be doing what they are supposed to do? The bottom arm is pulling the bat through the zone and the top hand is pushing the bat through the zone in these clips. Are you saying that the launch and spend is up until the wrist break? Where does it start and stop?
quote:Originally posted by Chameleon:
The bottom hand does exactly what is shown in this drill. Very good pronation.
And, it won't get "so far away from the body" when the other hand is on the bat.
I believe the proper hand action is best taught with both hands on the bat.
Okay, hands are right, arms are wrong??? I agree with that.
Both hands initiate the bat, and both hands rip it through the hitting area. If it was as described, the top hand would drag the system at initiation and the bottom hand would at contact. Said it before, and will not stop, teach the hands as a unit, not separate actions.
Take an axe and chop at a tree. Both hands are used to initiate and both hands hit the tree. (Williams used the axe analogy in his book.)
I am with those that don't like one-handed drills.
Take an axe and chop at a tree. Both hands are used to initiate and both hands hit the tree. (Williams used the axe analogy in his book.)
I am with those that don't like one-handed drills.
