TR,
While I see other factors contributing more to generating power than the wrists, I won't disagree that having hand strength is certainly helful.
You point out Hank Aaron and today a couple good examples are Tejada and Soriano.
Your son's build doesn't sound too much different than Hank or for that matter, Mickey Mantle who also was know to send a few 500 feet shots.
Keep us posted when you are going to get Teacherman to one of your camps. Should be interesting.
TR,
You might want to think twice about that invite - if teacherman starts instructing kids that the hands/wrists are just "going along for the ride" - you will be doing a disservice to those young players - IMO.
You might want to think twice about that invite - if teacherman starts instructing kids that the hands/wrists are just "going along for the ride" - you will be doing a disservice to those young players - IMO.
SBK
He had the opportunity offered last year and said NO---he ran from the last challenge
Two and out especially if he continues to use Rizzo---
He had the opportunity offered last year and said NO---he ran from the last challenge
Two and out especially if he continues to use Rizzo---
TR,
Just as well! I am afraid if you guys ever would get together in person, you’d probably get along way too well and it would change some perfectly good p-issing matches on the web.
Just as well! I am afraid if you guys ever would get together in person, you’d probably get along way too well and it would change some perfectly good p-issing matches on the web.
Tom, can you say "Sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never harm me?"
Getting back to almost the original discussion I didn't have to go back to the drill bbscout was pushing on Teach because it is something I've been having my son do every morning for a while now. He tends to lead with his hands instead of staying connected and as a result drags the bat. That drill along with throwing very soft BP to him seems to be helping a bit.
Strong hands/wrists can make up for poor timing and allow a hitter to still drive the ball and strong hands/wrists can keep the bat from releasing too early and thereby facilitate the maximum amount of momentum transfer to the bat.
Actually, I think that this question could be answered definitively by a certain hitting instructor with an engineering background. It would be as simple as placing pressure transducers on a bat handle and then measuring grip pressures through the swing to determine the forces being placed on the bat by the hands throughout the swing. That would show if the hands were adding to the batspeed or not. Actually it wouldn't surprise me if somebody hadn't already performed this experiment.
BTW, I haven't shaken hands with Hank Aaron but my son has. Aaron impressed me as a person with a lot of class.
Strong hands/wrists can make up for poor timing and allow a hitter to still drive the ball and strong hands/wrists can keep the bat from releasing too early and thereby facilitate the maximum amount of momentum transfer to the bat.
Actually, I think that this question could be answered definitively by a certain hitting instructor with an engineering background. It would be as simple as placing pressure transducers on a bat handle and then measuring grip pressures through the swing to determine the forces being placed on the bat by the hands throughout the swing. That would show if the hands were adding to the batspeed or not. Actually it wouldn't surprise me if somebody hadn't already performed this experiment.
BTW, I haven't shaken hands with Hank Aaron but my son has. Aaron impressed me as a person with a lot of class.
CADad
That he is !!! Without a doubt
That he is !!! Without a doubt
if you guys don't mind me askin in the middle of all this conversation..how did you get that clip on the post?
quote:Originally posted by Teacherman:
The hands and therefore the wrist play little to no role in the swing.
We all need to see Teacherman's sage advice one more time.
Then we need to ask ourselves - Why?
Why would any "baseball expert" make such a ludicrous statement?
I know why.
