Posted by: () on Fri Dec 12 20:40:41 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
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> > 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.
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> Watch some major league video and see if you can come up with someone whose bat is above their hands. Take your time.

Lamonte, Here's a link to help you get started with your research.

http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/swings.html