Posted by: Jack Mankin (mrbatspeed@aol.com) on Sat Apr 24 02:47:07 2004

>>> I've been teaching my daughter a slight tilt toward the pitcher for intial bat position so it encourages bringing the bat back towards the catcher. But from your post it sounds like maybe a position more behind the head might be better and more down toward the shoulder first instead of straight back toward the catcher. <<<

Hi Brumill

Welcome to the site. -- There are number of good hitters like Bonds and Sosa (and Alex most of the time) that can start with a vertical bat and sweep it cleanly into the swing plane while applying Pre-launch and THT. However, I have found better results while working with young hitters to prepare their launch position with the bat-head closer to the swing plane. I use George Brett as the model.

Jack Mankin