You know how Bonds and sheffield wiggle their bat before swinging.....?

Question

well i have to ask why do they do it?

and i do it the way bonds does it and i was playing today and now my wrists hurt. is it just cause my muscles arent strong enough or are my bones like too small or whats the problem?

thanks

Answer 1

The movement of the bat helps them get the bat moving towards the pitch quicker. It works better for them than having a "quiet" bat or one that is still while in the batting stance.

Sheffield is known for having the quickest bat in MLB. He has tremendously strong hands and wrists. I do not know about his bone structure as you asked, but the overall hand and wrist strength is something you can work on for yourself.

Get a rubber ball, about the size of a tennis ball. Simply squeeze the ball, build up your strength so you can do that squeeze several hundred times a day. This is a very quiet exercise, you can even do it in class and no one will notice.

This exercise will help your hand strength for batting and for throwing.

Answer 2

It's a timing mechanism for both of them.

Most batters have some type of timing mechanism that they use as the plate.

Most. Some have preternaturally good reflexes and don't need such help. Just think back to Paul Molitor at the plate. Or watch Aaron Hill at the plate.

Answer 3

It's all timing. They time the ball correctly when waving the bat.

4 u, well, ur muscles aren't used 2 swinging that much weight in that position, and they're probably sore.

Answer 4

well he does that coz i think it was either in high skool or college he wasnt getting the hang of hitting with his old stance, but then he worked on some batting stances with his skip and he found that swinging the bat back and forth like he does gave him a much smoother/more powerful swing because it loosend his wrists and could turn on ball much easier thats what he said in an interview i think last year

Answer 5

Sheffield says he does it to slow himself down so he doesn't jump too fast on a pitch. Kind of like releasing nervous energy. Bonds claims he picked it up in college.

Answer 6

It's all a timing mechanism.

If you notice...Sheff gives one final wiggle and holds the bat in position before he's about to swing.

It's a timing thing and then a final embrace before his bat explodes through the zone.

Answer 7

Sheffield has a really fast wrist snap, so he can wait longer on pitches. The motion is to stop him from swinging early

Answer 8

It gives them more bat spead for when the pitch is coming at 90 mph they're ready and it keeps them loose so they're not just standing there

Answer 9

Its there own way of batting and they can get more power doing it that way bc there hands are ready and moving

Answer 10

Timing mechanism for their own purposes, like a metronome.