Posted by: rql () on Mon Dec 8 17:08:47 2008

> > > I have a 15 year old son who is trying to rebuild elements of his swing using rotational mechanics as described int he Final Arc DVD. He is a practice workaholic (not complaining) using a lot of tee work to polish mechanics. In the DVD, the recommned using a bag or tire to hit against vs a tee at first. How long do you recommned a player use those tools until they resume tee or soft toss or machine/live pitch work?
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> > > Regards,
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> > > Ernie Roy
> > > Northfield, NH
> > 2 points,you can set up the bag at home where it may be impractical to do tee or soft toss,and no one needed to pitch,it can also be beneficial for over under training and letting the bag absorb all the energy as you do many swings in a training session,it also gives a player/coach a snapshot of the body position at contact
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> Thanks for the thoughts. However, at some point the player needs to practice those mechanics against a moving ball. My question was how long should we use a stationary target like a bag to groove the mechanics before including tee or soft toss or pitching machine etc?
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> Regards,
> Ernie
If you know what the swing should look like at contact and if you use video to watch then do it til the hitter feels comfortable with his swing and coach likes what he sees,this could be 50 or 5000 swings and learn how to hit on the bag with different contact points in and out up and down,then move to a tee and try to duplicate the contact point swings then to soft toss at the locations ,you may start each practice with 20 swings on the bag,remember over under hitting is swing training not batting practice.