Can someone please explain this too me!
Thanks!
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quote:Originally posted by love2hit:
Can someone please explain this too me!
Thanks!
Shoulder tilt to reach different pitches or the strike zone or the correct bat path.
Tilt means the 'angle' your body takes as you swing at the ball. The lower the pitch, the more your body will tilt back towards the catcher.
View a video on a swing and you'll see the tilt.
Travel Baseball USA.com Hitting video
View a video on a swing and you'll see the tilt.
Travel Baseball USA.com Hitting video
Travel baseball has it partially right. Tilt is the angle of the upper body, but not toward the catcher.
Think of your spine as the axis of rotation around which your upper body turns. In a physics sense, to obtain the greatest bat speed, the swing plane of the bat should be perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Depending on where the pitch is, the axis of rotation is going to have to lean over the plate to varying degrees to have the bat plane maintain its perpendicularity to the axis. Low ball, the axis will have more lean, letter high, nearly straight up.
Think of your spine as the axis of rotation around which your upper body turns. In a physics sense, to obtain the greatest bat speed, the swing plane of the bat should be perpendicular to the axis of rotation. Depending on where the pitch is, the axis of rotation is going to have to lean over the plate to varying degrees to have the bat plane maintain its perpendicularity to the axis. Low ball, the axis will have more lean, letter high, nearly straight up.
