Rolling my hands

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Is your top hand loose? Or, do you have a "death grip" on the bat?

What kind of training do you do? How often, what drills, with instructors?

Do you roll your hands off a tee, during soft toss, during flips, regular BP?

Concentrate on hitting middle or opposite field.

sultanofswat-both of my hands are loose and i have a knocking knuckle grip or sometimes even closer to the fingers..
bobbytewks-hiting 3 times a week in the cage,50 pushups per night, 50 swings off the tee 2 times per night,sugical tubing exercises.with an MLB mid atlantic scout..i dont roll my hands durring flips but i do durring bp...first i thought that i was casting and not waiting for the ball to come to me.,,,any help???

Hand rolling in the swing is caused by a restrictive grip.

Either your grip is too tight or it lacks the range of motion necessary for a fluid swing.

???please explain in detail quincy???

concentrate on having your top hand palm pointing up to the sky and your bottom hand palm pointing toward the ground at impact.

Hands roll when the bat is moving faster than the grip can contain.

See the three grips mentioned in the 'Swing Grip' topic. Try each and decide which allows the greater range of motion that will eliminate the hand roll.

yes i try the palm up palm down method..i think that since i have a problem waiting for the ball(which encourages casting)....my hands roll at the point of contact

Casting is over extension.

Not waiting and 'lunging' at the ball is called reaching, rather than waiting.

Try the 'L' grip and the side side grip with all other mechanics being the same.

I'm not sure if you are bat rolling. Does the scout say you are rolling? He has eyes one you and should be able to tell you.

If you are good off the tee and with flips, then it sounds like you are either breaking down mechanically with the increased intensity of BP or your timing is off.

Do you feel like you can get through the ball off the tee and with flips? Next time you hit, be aware of your timing and your grip as either and/or both could be the root cause here.


(Also, make sure you are mixing in some core training. Pick up a med ball and spend some time online or on these forums finding good exercises for hitting.)

Would love to see video if its available.

thanks for the insight...i will send you a video of the hitting BP in about 2 weeks after i work on this........THANK YOU!!!!

If you can do video now, it would be better. Video will get you better advice so you don't risk practicing the wrong thing for the next 2 weeks.

(I've been doing video analysis for 4 years and people have always insisted they aren't ready to be filmed because they want to wait until their swing is better. Capture your swing at its worst and work from there!)

Drop the door knocking knuckles. Not necessary with a loose top hand, and it robs power.

Put knuckles in a relaxed state. Use a loose top hand. Line up your "rings".

Did I miss the video?

You may not even have a wrist roll problem. The groundballs may be the result of not getting your lead arm into a near barred position soon enough. This is a big cause of ground balls.

Once shoulder rotation starts the lead arm should be nearly barred (180 degrees) to 160 degrees of bend in the lead elbow.

Lead elbow flex causes a tremendous amount of ground balls.

a.axum,

This is going to sound dumb but it worked pretty well with younger players. Used to tell the kids that were rolling over early to think of slicing the ball in half with a samurai sword instead of hitting it with a hammer. Yeah, sounds silly but that was the audience at the time and the cue seemed to almost always work. ***Can be a bad cue to use as it could lead to kids opening up early.

The Insider Bat is made to help you from rolling over.

The hands are going to roll over in most hitters when the hips stop turning. I do a drill where I hold my hands on the Impactbat palm up/ palm down and hold them there through contact. The impactBat will also reinforce square contact and remind you of your wrist roll.

It seems an exercise in futility to not grip the bat with the hitting surface in the direction to be hit.

Try swinging the bat with first a forehand tennis grip. Smooth, easy, free range of motion.

Now try swinging the bat with a backhand tennis grip. Again, smooth, easy, free range of motion.

Combine the two and take a few swings.