By Rob Bucher
Want to learn how to hit a home run in baseball and add some more pop in your swing?
Most younger players including high school players have poor hitting mechanics which drains their power at the plate. Contact is made and the ball usually limps off the bat instead of rocketing off it in direction of the fence.
Let me reveal three tips you can use to learn how to jack more homers and become a complete hitter.
Most players have been taught to impart back spin on the baseball by hitting the top half of the ball. While this is great in theory, it rarely helps the ball travel. Two things occur when you try to hit the top half of the ball. Either you hit a ground ball or a soft hump back liner. You should be trying to make square contact with the ball for the maximum collision effect. You might of heard announcers on television term it squaring the ball up. In order to hit the ball with power, the plane of your bat must be on the same plane as the pitch so they intersect at a ninety degree angle.
You may have been told to throw the barrel of the bat at the ball. If this sounds familiar then it's one of the reasons you lack power in your swing. The baseball swing is more of a pull than an actual swing. You need to keep your hands inside the path of the baseball and pull the barrel of the bat through the hitting zone with your hips leading your swing.
In order to hit a home run in baseball you need to make contact with the ball at a ninety degree angle with the barrel of the bat. It's produces maximum exit velocity and propels the ball further. The closer you get to the perfect ninety degree angle the further the ball will fly.
If you want to tap into your true potential and hit more home runs, you need to incorporate these tips into your swing mechanics.
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