Posted by: Bob () on Fri Apr 18 04:51:08 2008

When hitting a basketball off a tee, make sure the batter is wearing a helmet! The bat can recoil off the ball with potentially disatrous results.

> You may want to confirm w/ the coach what he meant versus what your son thought he meant before worrying about it. At 6 years old teaching rotational mechanics is really tough. One of the best drills for kids that age is to put a basketball on a tee and have them set up and practice hitting it. The size alone makes kids that age do almost perfect mechanics. About 10 reps a day with the tee and basketball along with the many machine reps should have him hitting just fine.