Posted by: Matt () on Sun Oct 19 12:00:32 2003

I find it difficult to believe that your nine year old son could totally change his style of hitting in one night and find instantaneous success. Sounds to me like it is more of a mental thing than anything else. Trying something new with mechanics always gives a player a new sense of confidence at first.
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> > > You are right, it was mental in the sense that he was determined to learn and execute rotational principles. I saw firsthand the results, and I suppose that since I was the one who saw him (besides his coach ,teammates and other parents) I would be in the best position to evaluate his performance. I suspect that you may be new to this. Take my word for it, rotation is the way to go!
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> > Just an update, today he went 2 for 3 plus a walk. I think his out (a pop up) was due to him going linear and not using top hand torque.I offered my help to the coach but he laughed at the idea of me getting help for my son off the internet.as the season goes by though and he sees my son's progression I have a feeling he will have a change of heart.
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> Almost every idea in the world is available somewhere on the internet-both good and bad. It's sorting them out that takes the work. Always compare anything anyone tells you to slow motion clips of the game swings of the best hitters in the world. And those are darn sure available on the net. Chances are, you have another youth coach who has not done his due diligence research before he started "teaching" kids baseball.

You are absolutely right. He says he has never heard of top hand torque or bottom hand torque, but of course keep in mind that at this level we have volunteer coaches. The good news is that next practice session 3 of the kids are going to show up 30 or 45 minutes early so my son can teach them what he learned. Later there will be a scrimmage game and I'll be anxious to see how these kids do.