Posted by: LaMonte (tplamont@garlandisd.net) on Thu Dec 11 19:28:02 2003

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> > I realize i am a small guy. All the talk here is about denting the fences. I realice that´s never my case. Unless i hit the ball down the line i am not going to double because i dont have that kind of power.
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> > Why should i go rotational when i am doomed to line drives and rollers? I hope you have the answer. I have already invested a lot of time and money on learning rotational.
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> >>>toti, A short story may help you make up your mind. I have a very close friend who is a fine high school coach. He is 5'7" and weighs about 140 lbs. He was a LHH 2nd baseman in college, and he wanted his smaller players to swing down on the ball instead of into the path of the ball. I asked him if he would rather hit ground balls at the 1st & 2nd basemaen or would he rather hit a line drive to rt center or over the 1st basemans head for a double in the corner.
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> Doug


Doug,
Who are you? You never finish a thought. I am sure that Toti is as confused as I am on your point. I don't believe that Toti even mentioned swing path.
How ever, I am a High School coach, and if you posed that question to me I would tell you that I have kids that I allow to take a slight uppercut or flat swing, and others that I want taking a slight downward path to the ball. And to be truthful, the ones with the down path normally are better hitters.
Kids who struggle definitely do better keeping the bat above there hands.