Posted by: Louy Louy () on Wed Oct 15 05:47:24 2003

Is there a good age to begin switch hitting?
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> My 10 year old son really wants to learn to switch hit. While at the batting cages recently with friends, they all tried it. I was surprised to see how natural a swing my son has hitting lefty. He looked pretty good and actually hit a few nice shots, while the other boys displayed awkward swings and never touched the ball.
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> I saw then that this may be something he can pursue, but don't know much about it.
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>Mom,

10 is a good age to let the kid play and have fun. All this talk of switch hitting and batting equipment in the basement is too much. Younger kids don't have the coordination to do a lot of moves. Switch-hitting is was too complicated for a 10 year old. Think of the pressure the kid is would be under trying to please his mom trying to do something most big leaguers can't do. Conisder that you may be too involved in what is supposed to be a game.

Louy Louy