Bat Speed -- Baseball Hitting Forum

Posted by: () on Wed Apr 21 07:52:07 2004

Okay,
> Drew is 7 & a very good athelete. (See earlier post for our delima.) Machine pitch league, about 35 mph. He hit great last year @slower speed. Lots of BP this year & 10 strike outs in 13 AB. 1 home run (to the fence)1 dbl,1 tpl. He uses a Tri-Shell 28-17oz. NOT too heavy for him. The strike out, dbl & tpl last nite came from using his $18. Easton 27-20 oz bat. Sat. game (tri-shell) had 2 strikeouts, only contact was a foul that bounced off 3rd base dugout about 10 ft high and went to the fence. Then proceeds to swing waaay ahead & strike out. I know the heavy bat is not the cure for this. What to work on first, pulling his head, or decrease his stride (big stride) to prevent the lunge? I just received Jacks tape w/ review & heavy bag. Nice instructional video Jack. Will the rotational method decrease strikeouts? Is it just a timing issue? He times it fine w/ soft toss & bad to great at BP. He says he is nervous in the game & it shows. He was moved from 6th to 10th in the batting order for last nite's game. The coach (& my friend) apoligized saying that Drew is too good of a player to be batting out of the top 4. Should I go ahead & send Jack the review tape or try more drills on timing & send it later? Sorry for the long post.
> Drew's Dad

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> Okay,
> > Drew is 7 & a very good athelete. (See earlier post for our delima.) Machine pitch league, about 35 mph.  He hit great last year @slower speed.  Lots of BP this year & 10 strike outs in 13 AB. 1 home run (to the fence)1 dbl,1 tpl. He uses a Tri-Shell 28-17oz. NOT too heavy for him.  The strike out, dbl & tpl last nite came from using his $18. Easton 27-20 oz bat.  Sat. game (tri-shell) had 2 strikeouts, only contact was a foul that bounced off 3rd base dugout about 10 ft high and went to the fence. Then proceeds to swing waaay ahead & strike out.  I know the heavy bat is not the cure for this.  What to work on first, pulling his head, or decrease his stride (big stride) to prevent the lunge? I just received Jacks tape w/ review & heavy bag. Nice instructional video Jack.  Will the rotational method decrease strikeouts?  Is it just a timing issue?  He times it fine w/ soft toss & bad to great at BP. He says he is nervous in the game & it shows. He was moved from 6th to 10th in the batting order for last nite's game.  The coach (& my friend) apoligized saying that Drew is too good of a player to be batting out of the top 4. Should I go ahead & send Jack the review tape or try more drills on timing & send it later? Sorry for the long post.
> > Drew's Dad

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