Posted by: Teacherman () on Mon Nov 3 20:06:53 2003

Hi,
> I was hoping someone could help me with my 7 year old son's swing. Over 50% of the time, he hits the ball and "tops it" where it hits the ground a few feet in front of the plate. A lot of the times, it's a hard hit ball, but hitting the ground so soon takes a lot off of it. He used to hit the ball so well from a very early age, but now he's struggling and I'd really like to help him get it back.
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> Maybe there's too much involved to be able to really answer my question. If so, I apologize for being such a novice. If there are a few key things he should/should not be doing, maybe we can work on that.
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> Thanks in advance for taking the time to read my post.

Check to see if he's rolling over too soon. The wrist roll over should occur after contact and in the follow through part of the swing. Could be other things but this is one to check.

If he is, check and see if his lead elbow is getting low and into his rib cage. This can be a cause of roll over. The lead elbow needs to stay high.