Jonny Bairstow Quotes

I want to be able to drive the ball to all fields.

Hitting is not an exact science.

In the split second from the time the ball leaves the pitcher's hand until it reaches the plate you have to think about your stride, your hip action, your wrist action, determine how much, if any the ball is going to break and then decide whether to swing at it.

The harder you grip the bat, the more you can swing it through the ball, and the farther the ball will go.

I very rarely watch anybody swing. All I do is follow where the ball goes.

You can't see the bat hit the ball if you're generating any bat speed. If you're just laying the bat through the strike zone, sure, maybe.

I'm not someone who looks to swing the ball away majorly.

Everyone wants to criticize my mechanics, but maybe I've got good mechanics that make the ball go up.

I always talk about it like I'm a hitter first and if I'm doing things right and my body's in the right place, I drive the baseball.

Usually when you get on the sweet spot of the bat, you don't really feel it.

Hitting. That's what I enjoy most. Realistically, it's probably the hardest thing to do in all of sport. Think about it. You've got a round ball, a round bat, and the object is to hit it square.

I swing hard all the time. That's what I've done my whole life - hit.

The phrase 'off with the crack of the bat', while romantic, is really meaningless, since the outfielder should be in motion long before he hears the sound of the ball meeting the bat.

Hitting is an art, but not an exact science.

My theory of hitting was just to watch the ball as it came in and hit it.

The ultimate judge of your swing is the flight of the ball.

You gotta keep the ball off the fat part of the bat.

I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.

As long as the ball is thrown by a human being, I have the confidence to hit any pitch, no matter how fast it comes.

I am happy with the way I hit the ball. There is a certain element of power into it but not completely. It is like 80 per cent timing and 20 per cent power. Why do I need power hitting when I can clear the ropes with timing?

I grew up in an era where the perfect drive was a line drive, with quite a bit more spin.

Test matches are what really drive me to perform.

A large part of my childhood was spent holding a cricket bat. The first time I picked one up was in the garden aged about six, and I've never really put the bat down since.

When the ball is swinging, you really need to play close to your body.

In golf, there are times when you hit a ball so perfectly that you never feel the ball leave your club.