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Posted by: Jack Mankin (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Wed Jan 4 12:33:45 2012

>>> Need a couple of good drills for the hitter that rolls his
Top hand over right after contact is made <<<

Hi Scout

I have no problem with the wrist (or top-hand) rolling over after contact. It is the premature (approaching contact) rolling that is a serious flaw. I would suggest making sure he has a problem before making changes.

The two main causes for the wrist to prematurely roll are; (1) Lack of shoulder rotation & (2) The lead-elbow dropping below the swing plane before contact. Below are a couple articles regarding the Wrist Roll.

Wrist Roll

Premature Wrist Roll

Note: I am not in favor of the Fence Drill as Slugger suggest. I find it causes more problems than it solves. Below is an article I wrote regarding this drill. You can read it and decide for yourself whether or not to use it.

The Fence Drill & Bat Inertia

Jack Mankin

Followups:

Re: Re: Top hand rollover
Slugger [ Thu Jan 5 11:38:23 2012 ]
- Re: Re: Re: Top hand rollover
  Jack Mankin [ Thu Jan 5 12:43:25 2012 ]
  - Re: Re: Re: Re: Top hand rollover Slugger [ Thu Jan 5 15:00:11 2012 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Top hand rollover jonny [ Sun Jan 8 18:28:07 2012 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Top hand rollover Slugger [ Thu Jan 12 08:38:57 2012 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Top hand rollover Jack Mankin [ Thu Jan 12 11:44:34 2012 ]
    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Top hand rollover Slugger [ Thu Jan 12 12:28:06 2012 ]

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> >>> Need a couple of good drills for the hitter that rolls his
> Top hand over right after contact is made <<<
> 
> Hi Scout
> 
> I have no problem with the wrist (or top-hand) rolling over after contact. It is the premature (approaching contact) rolling that is a serious flaw. I would suggest making sure he has a problem before making changes. 
> 
> The two main causes for the wrist to prematurely roll are; (1) Lack of shoulder rotation & (2) The lead-elbow dropping below the swing plane before contact.  Below are a couple articles regarding the Wrist Roll. 
> 
> <a href="http://www.batspeed.com/tf03.html">Wrist Roll</a>
> 
> <a href="http://www.batspeed.com/messageboard/1039.html Causes ">Premature Wrist Roll</a>
> 
> Note: I am not in favor of the Fence Drill as Slugger suggest. I find it causes more problems than it solves. Below is an article I wrote regarding this drill. You can read it and decide for yourself whether or not to use it. 
> 
> <a href="http://www.batspeed.com/research09.html ">The Fence Drill & Bat Inertia</a>
> 
> Jack Mankin

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