Posted by: mb () on Thu Jun 26 17:15:04 2003

I have a nine year old son who with very limited coaching hit the ball very very well, his swing was more linear mechanics than anything, knuckles lined up and his wrists broke natuarlly creating excellent batspeed. Last year I purchased the Final Arc video and have pretty much changed alot of what he was doing. He is generating batspeed, but he just dosen't seem as comfortable, there are times when he will crush the ball and other times when he seems to either hit dribblers or little pop flys that can't make it out of the infield. He will hit on the Nedco bat action unit and he will crush the ball for hours, same swing over and over. One thing I have noticed is that his step forward is gone and I can't get him to do it at all. Another thing is that he seems to hit off the end of the bat alot. any ideas?
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If his mechanics are pretty good and he is having trouble hitting a moving ball it could be a simple hand eye problem. I have found teaching young (LL 7-12) kids that they can look good off a tee and the heavy bag but can't make good contact on a live pitch. The Hit Away properly used (throw away the video) is a great tool. Try it. You get a lot of swings in a short time on a moving ball. It will teach your son to hit the low, high, inside and outside pitch. I would also suggest using a wooden bat. The bat will take a beating but your son will improve tremendously. Train with a little league wood bat.