Posted by: Donny Buster (donnybstr@aol.com) on Wed Apr 30 14:10:47 2003

My son is in his 3rd year of Little League, coming
> off two years of Tee ball. A switch hitter, Billy
> was an above-average slugger in Tee ball and the
> last few months I've worked with his swing using
> the "Hit-Away" batting trainer. He has always hit
> at his "at-bats" during recent practices with his
> teammates pitching to him. But now that the runs
> count and the kids are playing with umpires this
> year, Billy hasn't swung at a pitch once. He
> usually walks or goes down looking. I don't want
> to dwell on anything negative with him, but I
> could use some advice on how to get my son over
> being "ball shy."
>
> -Thanks in ad