What can i do to prevent from dropping my hands when i swing ?

Question

What can i do to prevent from dropping my hands when i swing ?

Answer 1

The answer is stop dropping your hands. If you swing properly which means starting your swing with your hands up and back you should be bringing your hands and the bat down to meet the ball instead of dropping them then swinging. I hear all this c**p about keeping your elbow up but if your hands are up your elbows will be too. The only thing you need to work on is swinging from that position without dropping your hands.

Answer 2

Hold on to the bat tight before you let go to run to first base.

Answer 3

1.  As you set your stance, let your hands settle in where they set comfortable for you, that is a spot where they create no tension, usually about the level of your uniform letters, which allows your elbows to hang loose.  From this position, lift your back elbow and take note of what happens to the bat head.  It will wrap behind your head, which will cause another whole set of issues.  Let those elbows hang loose.

2.  As the pitcher is getting to his release point, you load/stride.  The load portion shifts the weight from your front foot, onto your back foot, which enables you to pick up your front foot to stride.  Set your hands at the same time, front to back.  Your stride foot sets down slow and light, so your weight and your hands remain back.

3.  You hit from this loaded position without an additional stride.  You stride then hit / not stride to hit.  Quite often hitters will load/stride once early, then reload and stride to hit as the ball gets closer.  This causes the hands to drop, or wraps the bat barrel around their head, causing bat lag and uppercutting the ball.

It is important to stay on that front to back loading plane.  It is valuable time spent, on your own, to set your stance, load/stride, over and over.  Your body will learn to do what you teach it, whether it is right or wrong.  It can take about 1000 correct repetitions to overcome a bad habit.  Be patient.  Just because you can do it with no pitch and no pressure, does not mean you won't revert back to dropping your hands when those two elements are added.  Keep working through the process and you will get where you want to be.

You don't  need to swing the bat for a while, give yourself time to get the handset down, before you move to the next step.

Answer 4

start to move your hands to where you don't have to bring them back at all for your swing at all, so start them at the complete back of your head.

Answer 5

Hold on to the chain rails... (?)

Answer 6

When your in the batters box ,set your stance the way you  normally would, but focus on keeping your back elbow as high as you can, then line up your knuckles so that when you swing you have to turn your wrists to get the bat across the plate. This technique should help.

Answer 7

practice

Answer 8

keep your back elbow up and be relaxed. Use your hips and your arms not just your arms. Your legs are your power. Keep your elbow up and you will be fine. And practice