Posted by: scottk (scottie98@verizon.net) on Wed Feb 22 05:50:58 2012

Thanks for input. I will try to have him put more thought into the elbow rotation.
> > I would have to say that the biggest improvement in my sons
> > swing since introducing the new drills is consistent line drive hitting. He has
gotten away from trying to dominate with the top hand causing foul ball and POP
ups. My frustration right now is, shoulder rotation to contact and hook with
bottom hand.
> > Just before contact he still stops shoulder rotation and pushes the
> > hands. bat seems to stall at contact then almost angle down before shoulders
finish rotation and bat finishes over shoulder. Are there any other ways to get
him to feel the complete shoulder rotation to contact as well as the hook in the
bottom hand.
>
> Scott, it sounds like what my oldest was doing last year. The first half of his
swing looked good rotationally, but then his lead shoulder rotation would stop
and his hands would run linear out to the ball. This would totally change the
swing plane of the bat and caused him to roll over a lot. Started getting a lot of
foul balls and ground outs.
>
> This year his swing is much improved and so are the results. Started having
him focus on letting that lead elbow work up and around his body and pulling
back at contact. If he let that lead elbow work down or straight, his hands wanted
to run linear. This simple adjustment was huge for him.
>
> I have also been making this adjustment with my youngest sons team with very
good results. Make one adjustment at a time and things will really start to fall
into place as one thing can effect multiple others.