Posted by: Dave (cdpaetkau@telus.net) on Thu Jan 19 14:04:39 2006

> I have a kid who has an absolute "butter" swing when involved in soft toss, tee work etc. Once you get the kid in front of live pitching he bails with his lead foot and while doing so, he drops his hands to just above waist level...Again...he is butter in all, 'non live' pitching drills...I have some idea's to work on his front foot bail, but the hands...I'm out of idea's...
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> I need some assistence in fixing this kid...
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> Bueller...Anyone...?
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> Thanks,
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> GnR

HI GnR

If you fix the bailing the hands dropping may show a huge correction. Stepping out forces the hands to drop so that he can hit the ball. As you step out the shoulders will level off and pull the head out also therefore to hit a ball a player must drop their hands to compensate for the level shoulders.

Always remember to try to fix problems from the beginning(setup) to the end(follow through) and from the bottom(feet) to the top (hands) when making mechanical corrections.

Dave