I've seen it and it looks like it helps you hit it the opposit way but I'm not sure.
2006-06-27 10:19:01 · 6 answers · asked by seattle_slew_champ 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
this would help you keep from pulling off the ball or whats called "stepping in the bucket". Basically if you close your stance, this makes your body stay in the hitting zone if you naturally want to pull the ball. This keeps your hips locked in during your swing so that you don't pull away from the pitch, thus you tend to get better contact. This type of stance usually only works with batters who tend to try to pull everything and is used as a remedy to keep the batter on the pitch.
I am a switch hitter and when I bat Left I close my stance because I tend to pull everything. Because I closed my stance, I stay on the pitch more often and am able to hit to all fields, including right field. When I bat Right handed, its the opposite. I tend to hit everything the other way so I open my stance and now I can hit to all fields. Good luck
2006-06-27 10:43:05 · answer #1 · answered by SAGE 2 · 4⤊ 2⤋
By closing your stance, you are positioning yourself to hit the ball to the opposite field - RF for Righties, LF for Lefties. It is very effective against a pitcher with pitches that move quite a bit - slide, curve, cutter, etc. When you try and pull those pitches, most likely, you will just rooll over the top of them and gorund weakly to the middle IFer, 2B if Lefty, SS if Righty.
It's somethign you need to work on though. Head to the batting cage and pick a spot in the direction of the opposite field. Try and hit the ball as close to it as possible. That's the only way to get a feel for how much you should rotate.
2006-06-27 17:34:16 · answer #2 · answered by Drawin' a Blank... 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
closing ur stance is used to hit away towards the opposite field, and throw the fielders off
i.e. if they were playing the field assuming you are a pull hitter
2006-06-28 12:39:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It actually doesnt help much. Usually, batters want to open their stance, so they can hit the ball better.
2006-06-27 17:43:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
pulling the ball is predictable...that is the last thing you want in baseball unless you get the pitch you want...you want to be able to spray the field with your hits so that they have to play you OUT and not to the right or left as they do with Bonds...he pulls most of his HRs..but he hits a lot in CF as well...you need that versatility..that said, if Bonds hits an HR to LF..it is because he picked it up very late...
2006-06-28 09:00:31 · answer #5 · answered by juanes addicion 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it helps because when your hitting you usually want to pull the ball. When you pull the ball it usually goes farther.
2006-06-27 20:33:00 · answer #6 · answered by Duke#1 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋