I love watching a High School kid try to squeeze saw dust out of the bat and then make a weak swing and wonder why they can't hit.

Love when you put out these lessons video , great job Matt

@AntonelliBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Absolutely agree! Teaching kids, I like to get them young before they develop some bad habits. Had to tell my own daughter to tell her softball coach to stop trying to change her hand placement into the knocking knuckles together grip. The rest of the girls started holding the bat like she did by halfway through the season😂. I am older and you are right, my generation was knocking knuckles top hand with punching knuckles bottom hand. Always. I remember Steve Garvey was the first good finger grip hitter I saw and there have been a few but the vast majority hold it bottom-punching top-knocking with the grip on the callouses.

tnx for that detailing bro ....I appreciate ur time & patience for making this wounded video 🫶

AGREE 100%. I've arrived at the exact same conclusions for the exact same reasons

Knob to the catcher and palm to the pitcher will put the hands in a great position with flexion in the wrist for power and barrel control.

Great video Matt thank you!

@AntonelliBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!!

I find that, even if you start out gripping the bat "wrong", instead of correcting the grip try correcting the arm placement instead. Like you showed, if the rear arm points straight down or too high, adjust that arm and the bat grip will correct itself with that adjustment. Or another way: hold your bat out in front in contact position. If my hands are properly palm up/palm down at contact, for me that automatically means that my knuckles align about "half way" between big knuckles and knocking knuckles. So that's the way I try to grip the bat from the start, because I also want to make contact in that position. And I don't have different bats to try out right here, but I suspect this might not only depend on your individual hand size but also on the handle diameter of the bat and even if you grip it at the knob or choke up a bit because the handle isn't straight but tapers in and out. But an additional grip question: what do you think about Prohitter? Because that changes where the bat lies in the top hand slightly.

@AntonelliBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

Good point! And I have not yet tried a prohitter in a long time. I will have to try it again and see

Can you make a video about tips to getting on field graduate assistant positions in baseball similarly to the videos you made for player recruiting?

@AntonelliBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I knew! I think you need to build relationships and reach out to everyone. Have value to a program. If you can help make the team better you will be hired. Don’t take no for an answer!

I recall my legion coach wanting knocking knuckles together, and how weird it seemed. I never did give in..

most people put the bat in their fingertips because Sheffield and Bonds used to do it. i found it to be quite weak and i had no control of the bat though

I came by just to ask if you saw your old teammate Sean Kazmar Jr. JUST retired?! Crazy, right? It'd be cool to see if he'd do a video with you talking about the 'old days'. :D

@AntonelliBaseball

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll get on it!!

One of the most basic things in hitting and yet so many hitters fail to have a good grip when they hit.

Grip it N rip it

I call it finger pits

Everyone should know this hell I knew this and I don't play if you don't know this play soccer. 🤣🤣🤣

This guy has no clue