Instructional video on how to swing a baseball bat

[carriontribe]

Would you recommend a wooden bat or a metal one???

[Jester23572357]

@carriontribe A metal bat would be better than a wooden bat.

[Zero100009]

I want to be able to hit the ball far. We are playing soft ball in gym class right now and I'm not having a very good time because every one is a baseball pro hitting it out of the park and i'm not hitting it nowhere. I was hitting the ball... but it was going very fast or far. Maybe it was because I was swinging under?...

[Jester23572357]

It could be because you are swinging under the ball. If you are playing slow pitch and the ball is high arching, you might be dropping your shoulder to try and swing up on the ball, which would cause you to get under it and "fly out" You still want to swing through the ball. The best advice i can give is t just kinda watch the video i posted and practice. Also i know it sounds simple, but watch the ball all the way to your bat. if you do that you will find a great improvement.

[Zero100009]

We played soft ball again today and this time alot of people told me that I kept on running into the ball when I swung and that I couldn't wait for the ball to get to me. But my gym teacher says my swing is fine theres nothing wrong with my swing but some how I don't know if I belive him. You see I can hit the ball everytime but I just can't get that explosive speed when you hit the ball I can't get it to go fast or far the ball doesn't go high or anything it just doesn't go far at all.

[tjalolx]

cool man! Good job

[lengsam74]

elbow up bitch.

[Jester23572357]

actually that's a common misconception.... you are tought from when you are little to keep your back elbow up but it hurts your swing. When you go to swing with your elbow way up in the air, you have to drop your shoulder when you bring the bat through which causes the batter to fly out.

[racooneh]

@lengsam74 pwned