Hit It Here

Swing down for back spin has to be one of the dumbest things I’ve ever heard.  Do you really want back spin on ground balls too?  If you swing on plane(or attempt to) with the ball, you will get back spin on fly balls(which is what you want) and top spin on ground balls(which is what you want). 

Mike Epstein, after having spent many years teaching how to get on plane and swing level(to the ball) along with what Ted Williams(Mike’s mentor) always said to be true of the game’s greatest players swings, is starting to get “science” to prove what he’s been saying all this time.  

Watch this video and see what science shows is true about the swing of the best players in the world. 

It is NOT a directly downward path to the ball, rather it is a “leveling” of the bat and a direct path to the ball on a path very close to the incoming path of the ball.  Deny it if you want, but science and the camera doesn’t lie.