Posted by: The Hitting Guru (hitman3527@aol.com) on Thu Apr 20 06:55:08 2006

> I got the DVD, the bag, and recently the pathfinder and my 8 year old daughter has been practicing the drills. We have received alot of comments about how fast her swing is. Last year she was barely getting them out of the in field, this season she has hit 5 homeruns and several doubles and triples. But recently she has started fouling balls up or back. I was told by a few people that she was dipping under the ball. My question is if this is a mechanics problem or a coordination problem. any comments would be appreciated.


Considering all that you have stated above, it appears that she is not to far off. But it does sound as thought she is not quite picking up the ball as soon as she was when she was having success. On a major league telecast, you will observe many hitters fouling pitches straight back during an at bat. Usually it appears that the hitter is right on the pitch, but did not quite initiate his pre swing movement in time to put the pitch in play. Perhaps she could set her target for her pre swing movement a little bit sooner. Or she could anticipate swing at the pitch sooner. Aside from that unless she is really struggling she should work her way back without any major adjustments as this has occurred before and she began to eventually hit. All hitters go through phases.