Posted by: grc () on Sat Mar 17 19:11:28 2001

jack, et al.....my son is almost 19, plays for a junior college....i asked a scout ( he is with a major league team) what he thought of my son's swing....he said my son's "approach" was just fine but that he had a "long" swing...what did he mean by "long"?....he said that my son's hands are too high and the bat is "wrapped", resulting in a "long" swing...in fact, he cited this "long" swing as the probable reason my son hits mostly to the opposite field....for the record, when my son's stride foot lands, the hands are over the toe of the back foot, the hands are roughly arm-pit level, and the bathead is at a 45 degree angle (straight up to the sky = 0 degrees, straight at the pitcher = 90 degrees)...i guess my question is how serious should my son take a pro scout's advice?...my son has been slumping, but i'm not so sure it has to do with a "long" swing...he has worked hard to perfect a swing that seems have many chacteristics of a major league swing....it doesn't seem to make sense to make drastic adjustments based on one scout's opinion and yet, afterall, he is one of those guys who makes a judgement as to whether or not a kid is worth following or not......comments from you and others would be greatly appreciated.....respectfully, grc....