Posted by: Bob (bob@bobburnett.com) on Thu Mar 2 06:55:32 2006

I don't know the cause, but I can speak to one remedy that seemed to work. These were 9 and 10 yr old girls and many would not swing all the way thru and just couldn't get the correct follow thru/twisting of the body. I used one of those hitting stick trainers (Hit-2-Win and Hiitin' Stick are two brand names)and gradually moved the "ball" around so they had to swing past 12:00 to make contact. I'd get them used to swinging at a target at 11:00 and 10:00 and then they were able to incorporate the follow thru into their swing.

> > Now that you mention it, I regularly see girls in that age range end their swing "at" the pitcher, rather than continuing around, completing the circle. Usually they don't get their hips turned and consequently the torso and shoulders don't continue around.
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> Right, the question becomes what is the cause?
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> 1.) they stop "rotating", so hands come out of CHP
> 2.) the hands/arms aren't strong enough relative to the initial "correct" rotation of the pelvis/torso, which causes the hands to come out of CHP and then permits they stop rotating relative to the loss of CHP
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> I would suppose a way to test it would be to use a significantly lighter bat and see if they have the coordination (meaning: they continue to rotate keep a CHP). I will guess that many here will argue that hand/arm strength is not necessary if proper coordination is in place. Not so sure with developing children.
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> mpf
> 3.)