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Re: Wrist Action, Torque, and Grip

Posted by: Marcus Boyd (maboyd@naxs.net) on Tue May 7 14:11:24 2002

Is there any torque-related reason NOT to hold the knob of the bat in the palm of the bottom hand (to "lengthen" the bat and increase leverage)?
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> I don't see how this would negatively affect torque at all (because the top hand would still have a "normal" grip), but I could be wrong.
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> Gracias!
>

Carlos,

I don't have any scientific evidence of such, but I prefer to hang my bottom pinky slightly off the knob. It does seem to give me a slight bit more bat speed, though.

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> Is there any torque-related reason NOT to hold the knob of the bat in the palm of the bottom hand (to "lengthen" the bat and increase leverage)? > > > > I don't see how this would negatively affect torque at all (because the top hand would still have a "normal" grip), but I could be wrong. > > > > Gracias! > > > > Carlos, > > I don't have any scientific evidence of such, but I prefer to hang my bottom pinky slightly off the knob. It does seem to give me a slight bit more bat speed, though.

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