Ask any baseball coach….

What are some of the most important fundamentals a hitter can do to increase bat speed, power and performance?

More often then not two would be “Top Hand Release & Proper Grip!”

Watch any of the most powerful & successful hitters in MLB….Albert Pujols,  Josh Hamilton & Ken Griffey Jr, and what do you see?

Top Hand Release

Whip Strip enables “ANY” hitter the ability to gain maximum bottom hand grip for Top Hand Release upon contact with the batted ball. This allows the hitter to achieve the highest possible post batted ball speed which ultimately results in harder hit & longer balls.

When Mark McGwire shattered Roger Mans’ single-season homerun record, The Sporting News ran a story on the changes that McGwire had made in his swing. It pointed out that the turning point in McGwire’s rise from inconsistent slugger to home-run legend occurred when he adopted Top Hand Release.

Some baseball people put it this way: McGwire became a great power hitter when he began to release his top hand after impact. A top-hand release is the result of a maximum lead-arm extension and a high finish.

Proper Grip

Whip Strip increases the batters bottom hand grip by 30%. This allows the batter to drop their bottom hand further down the bat handle while allowing them to drop their bottom hand pinkie onto the knob of the bat. This technique increases leverage and length of the bat and results in quicker hands, increased bat speed and maximum performance!

When the bat length is increased by dropping the hand and bottom hand pinkie on the knob of the bat, the bat head moves faster through the hitting zone resulting in greater bat speed!