The 5 Most Important Things to Know About Baseball and Softball Hitting -- Number 1 - Getting Square

Number One:

That's the knob of the Stacked Handle Training Bat, the first bat ever with a contoured planar grip. It is the best way to experience the swing plane on the market today. Arriving on plane with great timing and getting square, together as a bonded pair, make up the two most important hitting fundamentals that there are anywhere.

Let's start with...

Part 1 - Getting Square

Why does a carpenter use a square? Plumbing. No. Not what's behind your toilet. I am talking about what TheFreeDictionary.com calls:

Plumb.

adv. 

4. in a perpendicular or vertical direction.
5. exactly, precisely, or directly.
6. completely or absolutely: You're plumb right.

I like number 6 also, because yes; you are plumb right. A carpenter uses a square to get his or her connections right. If he doesn't use his square to get things plumb, whatever he builds will look like it was built by stuffed animals.

Now think back to baseball. We want to make good connections to the ball; right? To do so, we need to get plumb, square, perpendicular, exact, ...all of 'em. That is the most important thing. It's not about how cool you look swinging, or how you stand when you start or even where your elbows or toes are. NO. None of that stuff. If you do not get square, you will not make good contact. You will, therefore, either be making bad contact (grounding out weakly or popping up), or you will be striking out. That's point ONE.

Ill talk more, in a different post, about how the Stacked Handle Bat is what you really should be training with because of its tendency to allow you a natural path toward a square connection. For now though, let's stick to the list.

Ciao,

+Carl Young II
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