Posted by: Mister X () on Mon Jun 30 07:09:05 2003

I have an odd senario I wanted some of you guys to consider. A kid I work with is driving the ball regularly with an authority to the opposite field you don't normally see in a kid. Usually if a kid is going to right its because he's late. He is not late when hitting to right, he is right on the ball. He does this so well I don't want to disturb this part of his swing, but at the same time something he's doing is not allowing him to use the left side of the field.
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> However he is completely unable to hit the ball even to the left of 2b. Any time he tries to pull he usually hits a dribbler. Even moderately inside pitches he'll "inside - out" to the opposite field (rh batter) well.
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> Any ideas?
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> Mike
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Where you hit the ball is almost entirely based on you timing. You may not think he's late when he hits to right, but he is. I would consider hiting the ball to dead center as being perfect timing. So right field is late and left field is early.

What it sounds like to me is that this kid times the ball to hit it to right. That's fine. You actually said what his problem is when he hits dribblers to left. HE TRIES. What this sounds like to me is that he changes his swing mechanics and tries to swing faster or be earlier. And the change in his mechanics causes him to not hit the ball well. To pull the ball, his swing should be exactly the same, he just times the ball so he's a little early.