Posted by: Ron (rvanredick@yahoo.com) on Tue May 20 04:56:19 2008

> My 7-year old son's pee wee league hits off a pitching machine with a speed of about 45 mph. His stance looks fine and his hand/eye coordination is good, but in his last game he swung and missed badly on 6 pitches. He hits great when I pitch to him...yet on the pitching machine his contact is sporadic, at best. He's getting a bit discouraged so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Think I figured it out...his back elbow is collapsing upon swinging causing him to swing in a loop underneath the ball. Will try to keep his hands a bit higher and his elbow up a little so even if his elbow does fold in the loop won't be so pronounced.