Most young baseball hitters, because of fear of the ball, tend to “bail out” of the box. Setting depth and distance in the preceding manner lessens this tendency and leaves the player better prepared to hit a curve ball.
The advanced hitter may not follow this guideline. When finding depth and distance, he needs to take arm and leg length more into account. In the batter’s box, with knees slightly bent, he places his bottom hand on the bat and extends the bat to the opposite side of the plate, just touching the edge, as shown in the figure.
Many advanced hitters set themselves too deep in the box. This renders them more susceptible to sinkers and breaking balls, because their position in the box gives such a pitch another 6 inches or so to break.
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