Posted by: Sandman () on Fri Jan 9 05:39:41 2004

Coach C,

I admire your courage for putting yourself out there. I can see how this particular swing would be good for contact. I've seen this forward/downward hand drive before in other successful contact hitters (i.e. Andy/Pro_Hitter out here). Looking forward to seeing your other swings.

I was wondering if the boy on the same page at Nick's web space was your son. I like his swing a lot! AAMOF, when I saw it, I called my son Kevin over to see it. He really has a nice smooth load, drops - and keeps dropped through the swing - the rear shoulder, keeps the elbow slotted and stays inside the ball very well. What else could you want? ;)

And look how well his bat plane path really matches that of the incoming pitch! You've done a great job w/ him.
http://members.cox.net/warwickcontinentalll/River%20-%20swing%20plane.jpg

I'm guessing (from the downward pitch plane) that those pitches were very slow (40'ish) BP? I'd also love to see him at game speed (which I'm guessing is about mid-50s?). He looks like he'd have lots of time to judge the pitch, yet still be able to turn on it.

If you don't mind me asking, how old is he?

Keep up the great work,
Sandman