Anything less than that will be considered a non-swing. For a clearer visual, the baselines both extend at 45-degree angles from home to first and third. Each club will have one Check Swing Challenge ...

For the trajectory of the ball to make a perfect parabola in the air, and thus cover the longest distance, the take-off from the bat needs to be at 45 degrees. With a curved willow, the batsman’s ...