Posted by: Bart () on Sat Apr 26 07:50:06 2003

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> > My son is right-handed but always hit left, and I can definitely say that for years his top arm being the weaker one resulted in problems in pulling a pitch. Conversely, his stronger, bottom arm resulted in him being able to go to the opposite field & with power better than any youth player I have ever seen.
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> I know the feeling and feel he is better to be in that catagory then to be pulling pitches and not the ability to go the other way, especially batting from the left side.
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> Good Luck!!

I agree. He had an advantage when he was younger because pitchers were taught to pitch all hitters outside. Now that he has learned to pull, if and when he plays again (he is out of action, recovering from an acl reconstrution), he will be seeing more pitching inside, but he will be ready.On the other hand, it is a lot harder for someone to learn how to go the other way.
You mentioned switchhitting...it's too late for my son now (he's age 20 & in college), but I regret that I didn't have him learn switchhitting at a young age....since he was already a natural right-hander, the transition would have been much easier than for someone who is a natural righthander to learn how to bat left (two completely different hitting systems).