Posted by: dougdinger () on Sat Oct 18 08:05:21 2003

Thanks for your advice, Jeff. Much appreciated!!!
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> I personally feel switch hitting is overrated.
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> some thoughts:
> -look at the pros, college players, and highschool players. How many actually switch hit? You'd be surprised at the amount - its very low.
> -What does switch hitting actually acomplish? It allows you not to face a curve ball coming from your side. How benifical is that tho? Especially if you aren't the same strength from each side.
> -10 is way to young. Why? No need to switch hit in little league..
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> but of course sh can be lots of fun to mess around with until he gets older .. i wouldn't get to serious about it tho right now.
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> Scott
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>I've been switch hitting since I was 8. No one told me to, no one told me not to, but I just wanted to try it. I was just 8 years old. I wanted to give it a try.
The argument here is how many Major Leaguers here switch-hit. The answer is not too many.
But how many Major Leaguers play LF for the first 3 innings, play batcatcher the next 3, and pitch the final inning. The answer is not too many. When we are young we play every position, to experiment. To get a feeling for all positions so that later on maybe in High School, we start to specialize in a certain area. So why can't a 10 year old kid try switch-hitting. If he doesn't do good, then maybe later on he will stop when he realizes he isn't good at it. But what if he does really good? What if he becomes a better LH hitter than RH? He'll never know unless he tries first. So let him switch hit, he's only 10, let him go have fun. Since I started out RH I have little more power when I hit RH. But because I've been hitting LF most of the time since I was 8, I find myself as a better contact hitter when I hit LH.
Let the kid switch-hit. If things aren't working out, then all he has to do is stop.