Swinging down on a baseball or swinging slightly Underneath the ball at a 35'degree angle
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I would say just trying to hit the top half of the ball would work
I think hitting the top would be more likely to create "front-spin"...
Backspin is a result of proper bat lag. Getting the barrel in the correct lag position is the key.
I'd prefer to say backspin vs topspin.
I'd prefer to say backspin vs topspin.
I knew there was a technical name for that! 
WHAT DO U MEAN BY THE PROPER LAG POSITION ARE U SPEAKING OF THE LAUNCH POSITION, CAN U ELABORATE FURTHER...
AND IF YOU WERE TO HIT THE TOP HALF OF THE BALL WOULDN'T THAT CAUSE THE BALL TO BE HIT INTO THE GROUND...
Sure, I agree, hitting the top of the ball would allow you to hit it into and or on the ground.
The lag position isn't the launch position. Lag position would be the angle of the bat after launch position and before contact.
The secret is to hit the center of the ball and to do that the barrel must be in the proper lag position behind the hands. The hands/ wrist must still be cocked.
The lag position isn't the launch position. Lag position would be the angle of the bat after launch position and before contact.
The secret is to hit the center of the ball and to do that the barrel must be in the proper lag position behind the hands. The hands/ wrist must still be cocked.
Ideally, you want top spin on ground balls and back spin on fly balls.
If a hitter is trying to match the plane of his/her swing to the plane of the pitch as some teach, then usually those things are accomplished based on how the hitter has timed a particular pitch. All hitters are trying to hit the ball square on the nose(which many times results in a ball knuckling off of the bat)but of course those darn pitchers are always trying to mess up a hitters timing
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Swinging down for back spin is a very difficult thing to do and to actually accomplish. Prove this to yourself by trying to hit fly balls to your teamates for outfield practice. With each swing toss the ball for yourself and then try to swing down in order to create backspin on the flyballs you hit. If you actually hit many(if any) flyballs for them, I would be greatly surprised.
If a hitter is trying to match the plane of his/her swing to the plane of the pitch as some teach, then usually those things are accomplished based on how the hitter has timed a particular pitch. All hitters are trying to hit the ball square on the nose(which many times results in a ball knuckling off of the bat)but of course those darn pitchers are always trying to mess up a hitters timing
. Swinging down for back spin is a very difficult thing to do and to actually accomplish. Prove this to yourself by trying to hit fly balls to your teamates for outfield practice. With each swing toss the ball for yourself and then try to swing down in order to create backspin on the flyballs you hit. If you actually hit many(if any) flyballs for them, I would be greatly surprised.
thanks coach todd, thats exactly what i was thinking that u have u get slightly underneath the ball in order to hit the ball a further distance...
