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[mcgill123]

Hi Reds  he means play with  a looser grip in  particular your bottom hand as this will  absorb the  impact Of the ball what he is stating is that  by having hard hands you are more likely to get caught by close fielders  with softer hands the ball wont come off the blade with as much velocity  this will  also allow you to steer the ball across the ground and into the gaps

I've been thinking about this subject recently and one of the conclusions I've come to, I may well be incorrect, is this.
I'm predominantly left handed, though I'm proficient at certain things with my right hand, I wouldn't say I'm ambidextrous, but I bat right handed and play golf also right handed, because of this my stronger left hand, the hand I've been told to grip the bat hard  with, naturally helps me get over and keep the ball down and I'm barely gripping with my right hand, two fingers and the thumb, a big advantage I would've thought compared to a right handed person batting right handed who is understandably going to grip harder than they would like with their bottom hand leading to the toe overtaking on impact or playing more cross batted shots.
Unfortunately  the opposite applies to my golf swing where my left hand wants to do all the work leading to me breaking my wrists too early and getting the club head in a poor position which needs to be corrected at some point in the swing before impact.
In my experience playing golf, if you have one flaw in you're back swing it needs to be corrected somewhere in the downswing to make a decent strike, two wrongs making a right, there are plenty of examples of this in professional golf, Jim Furyk, Bubba Watson etc etc the list goes on, in fact there are few technically correct golf swings even at the elite level.
Drifted off my point a bit towards the end but I hope this makes sense.

[Seniorplayer]

I've been thinking about this subject recently and one of the conclusions I've come to, I may well be incorrect, is this.
I'm predominantly left handed, though I'm proficient at certain things with my right hand, I wouldn't say I'm ambidextrous, but I bat right handed and play golf also right handed, because of this my stronger left hand, the hand I've been told to grip the bat hard  with, naturally helps me get over and keep the ball down and I'm barely gripping with my right hand, two fingers and the thumb, a big advantage I would've thought compared to a right handed person batting right handed who is understandably going to grip harder than they would like with their bottom hand leading to the toe overtaking on impact or playing more cross batted shots.
Unfortunately  the opposite applies to my golf swing where my left hand wants to do all the work leading to me breaking my wrists too early and getting the club head in a poor position which needs to be corrected at some point in the swing before impact.
In my experience playing golf, if you have one flaw in you're back swing it needs to be corrected somewhere in the downswing to make a decent strike, two wrongs making a right, there are plenty of examples of this in professional golf, Jim Furyk, Bubba Watson etc etc the list goes on, in fact there are few technically correct golf swings even at the elite level.
Drifted off my point a bit towards the end but I hope this makes sense.

Batting left handed your bottom hand will be your left hand this is the hand where you need to relax your grip  and not grip  the handle to hard just thumb and finger  if you can control the bat with your top hand with your hand vees in line.

[mcgill123]

Sorry Senior, my post was a tad clumsy, I write left handed, was stronger with my left foot when playing football but I bat right handed.
I guess I'm lucky I wasn't born a few hundred years ago, I may have been burnt at the stake.

[Seniorplayer]

Sorry Senior, my post was a tad clumsy, I write left handed, was stronger with my left foot when playing football but I bat right handed.
I guess I'm lucky I wasn't born a few hundred years ago, I may have been burnt at the stake.

Reading your post again i would probably have been burnt as well

[mcgill123]

Reading your post again i would probably have been burnt as well

Do you have a similar problem with dexterity?.

[Seniorplayer]

Write right handed bat left handed.

[mcgill123]

Write write handed bat left handed.

I see, same problem, do you find that you don't loft the ball as much as a conventional left handed batsman?.

[Seniorplayer]

Yes very rarely hit the ball in the air  tend to keep head down until through the shot
unless hooking or pulling also avoid using bowed bats

[mcgill123]

Yes very rarely hit the ball in the air  tend to keep head down until through the shot
unless hooking or pulling also avoid using bowed bats

Do you find that because you are stronger with you're right hand you are more likely to have a more relaxed bottom hand?.

[Seniorplayer]

Do you find that because you are stronger with you're right hand you are more likely to have a more relaxed bottom hand?.

not really tend to tighten or relax my grip depending on what shot  i intend to play for ex sample if I want to drop the ball by my feet  with an angled bat hardly any  bottom hand grip at all.

[JB]

I'm left handed, right footed and bat right handed. I'm still quite bottom handed even though my top hand should be dominant

[mcgill123]

I'm left handed, right footed and bat right handed. I'm still quite bottom handed even though my top hand should be dominant

Burn him!!!.
Just blew my theory out of the water.

[JB]

Favourite shot is lofted back down the ground, I may be an exception to the rule

[mcgill123]

Favourite shot is lofted back down the ground, I may be an exception to the rule

You may be close to having true ambidexterity if there is such a thing.
I am yet to knowingly meet anyone who is truly as competent with either hand, maybe we have someone on here that is?.
I guess it's a subjective point and hard to measure.

[mcgill123]

Apologies @Buzz for hijacking this thread and straying off topic.