Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Fri Dec 8 14:38:35 2006

> What role do you think the top hand plays in the creation of bat speed?

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I believe the top hand does not play a major role in batspeed, even though it is important to be full body strong. The reason why is that I took batting practice with a cast on a broken finger on my top hand and was still getting distance on the swing.

I believe more of the batspeed effect in the dominant hand is a by product of the back leg and the back shoulder operating in unison. They apply the ummmph in the swing.