“Showing” hitting style

[cbullard]

I’ve seen girls that show “bunt” and then pull back and swing away. Curious as to the benefit of doing that.

 

[Shawn]

I see that in some college games and often they are late in the swing. They don’t get back early enough.

 

[TDS]

It puts the sequence in motion yet relaxed so they can react vs static which many times locks them up. Think of it as a running start.

 

[cbullard]

It puts the sequence in motion yet relaxed so they can react vs static which many times locks them up. Think of it as a running start.

Thanks. That makes sense. The few girls I saw doing it were crushing the ball.

 

[cbullard]

I see that in some college games and often they are late in the swing. They don’t get back early enough.

I bet it takes a ton of practice to get it down. I remember Florida used to do it

 

[Cornbread]

It also helps get two eyes on the ball. That in addition to the running start. We call is slash

 

[CoachJD]

It puts the sequence in motion yet relaxed so they can react vs static which many times locks them up. Think of it as a running start.

Not questioning that this is the rationale, but it seems completely absurd, and I think there's a very good reason why exactly 0 Major League hitters have made a practice of this in the history of the game (this is different than fake bunt/quick slash swing, which is just done to draw in the defense and not in any way designed to make the swing itself better).

Instead of rushing from a bunting motion into a load and then swinging, hopefully on time, just get a little pre-pitch rhythm.

I'm sure a few hitters have really made it work for them. I'm absolutely positive there are more effective and more efficient ways to achieve the same (and probably better) results.

 

[CoachJD]

It also helps get two eyes on the ball.

So does turning your head.

 

[Borrowingminds]

My DD is young and it really helped her loosen up at the plate, almost keeping her too busy to be conscious of fear.