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The great Tony Gwynn — Hall of Famer, over 3,000 career hits, and a lifetime .338 batting average — had an incredible career and is often quoted for his simple, powerful hitting advice. Here are just a few things he’s said about the swing and what he taught:
1. “If you swing the knob of the bat, the barrel is gonna come right behind you.”
2. “Lead with the knob.”
3. “Don’t throw the barrel head at the ball — that’ll take the barrel in and out of the zone.”
4. “Keep your top hand palm up.”
5. “We don’t want to swing to the ball, we want to swing through the ball.”
Gradum Gswing When Gwynn referred to leading with the knob, at Gradum, we call that “staying on the track.” The track is the white line on the inside part of the batter’s box. When elite hitters rotate, they keep the knob of the bat on that track. It works inside the baseball and above it — not directly at it. That’s what allows the barrel to follow properly, stay through the zone, and work through the ball.
Gwynn didn’t take his hands to the ball — he led the swing with the knob along the track. That’s why he could finish high, keep the top hand palm-up, and drive the ball to all fields. If he had actually taken the knob to the ball like many interpret, his hands would’ve left the track and gone over the plate, the barrel would’ve worked up or around, not through, and his top hand would have rolled over — exactly the opposite of what he preached.
These quotes have shaped generations of hitters. But here’s the problem: they’ve also been misunderstood. Too many coaches and players take “lead with the knob” to mean literally take the hands straight to the ball. But if Tony Gwynn had done that, he wouldn’t have been able to do what he did best: go the other way, keep the barrel through the zone, keep the top hand palm-up, and finish high.
We’ve built our entire system around what actually holds up at the highest levels of the game. At Gradum, we study the movement patterns of the game’s best hitters — not just legends like Gwynn, but also today’s elite performers like Trout, Betts, Freeman, Ohtani, Ect.
Across all elite performers, one thing holds true: the knob doesn’t go to the ball. Theswing works from the ground up, with the knob staying on what we call the track —that line along the inside of the batter’s box. The hands stay above the baseball,allowing the barrel to work underneath and through the zone. This isn’t a cue — it’sa pattern. A truth shared by the most consistent hitters in the game.
At Gradum, we don’t rely on feel-good sayings or personalized cues that vary fromplayer to player. We break down the swing, reverse-engineer what actually works,and build training around it — so hitters can move like the best. This is more thanclearing up a myth. It’s about teaching the game the right way.
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