Posted by: bob (burnett@cbtarchitects.com) on Sun Apr 23 13:50:52 2006

> Over the past year we have really taught and committed to the rotational swing. We have
all the tapes and training aids. I am a little concerned though. We are hitting the ball much
more solidly and our power numbers have gone UP but so have our strike outs. It seems
we don't see the ball very well. What are your thoughts and do you have any drills that
would help our team to see the ball. We are a 12 year old team.
>
> Thanks

I don't buy the argument that the rotational swing leads to more strikeouts. Yesterday I
saw my daughter, (not a gifted athlete) her first year in the LL majors (10 yr old), hit a
grand slam going 3 for 3. I've been teaching her rotational mechanics, but that's not the
be-all, end-all of training. I use other tools, the hit-2-win tool has been very effective at
helping her with eye-bat coordination. I also do soft-toss and fastpitch batting practice
with golf ball-sized whiffle balls. I've had better results from this than working the batting
cages.
Good luck!