How to deal with baseball bat?

Baseball game is talked about very often and rather much: there are many articles in the Internet, computer games, and movies and so on. At first sight, this game is rather easy and has no complications: throw ball – return ball. However, it is common mistake among baseball beginners. Under visual simplicity one can find high class of players, as well as hard work they carry out on the training grounds. In this article, we try to understand how to deal with baseball bat correctly.

So let's start:

• Firstly, you have to take up necessary position and needed pose. See carefully after position of your feet, they must be parallel to shoulders.

• Now you need to connect fingers’ bones, you need to keep the bat over shoulders so that it does not sag.

• Do not hold your muscles in tense, they must be rather relaxed, otherwise you will circling the drain.

• Your back leg must be fixed and you do not have to move it until backswing.

• As soon as you notice pitcher's move, immediately turn your hips, thus you will displace the weight back and then march hands back.

• After pitcher’s throw immediately start to move, you should make a little step forward, increasing your striking force. As a result, it will be seen whether ball is reflected, or it will strike.

• Once you have decided you can hit the ball, start backswing. You need to control the situation, watch how the bat hits the ball. Backswing ends when your hips are turned toward pitcher. And here is stroke!

It seems to be simple enough, if properly follow given instructions, but here are a few recommendations to conduct action correctly:

• You should not move the body until stroke.

• Stand-by on back leg helps to strengthen stroke. It is also important to remember bad muscles’ flex can cause muscle pain, therefore, pay appropriate attention to your training and muscles’ flex.

• Use bat that meet your weight, try to hit the ball as strong as it’s possible.

• Wear cotton gloves before ball return, thus you will reduce vibration.

• There are no specific advices on how to locate the knuckles on bat. Experts discord so choose position that will be the most convenient just for you.

It must be also noted some important moments to consider during stroke:

Monitor the location of your hands; they should be on the bat during the whole process of strike. Some people move one hand down during backswing. It is wrong action as it reduces force of stroke, and increases vibration.

And do not forget to flex muscles because you can cause serious trauma ignoring muscles’ flex before the game.

In conclusion, it can be said if you follow these recommendations, soon you'll be able to deal well with baseball bat.