Posted by: Dustin (dustin.e.davis@lmco.com) on Wed Apr 26 13:46:07 2006

I have a 10 year old on a select team in the North Texas Area. He is in his second year of kid pitch.

Last seasons stats were as follows:

Last Fall 2005
AB - 69
Hits - 25
Batting Average - .362
On Base Average - .494
S - 18
D- 4
T-1
HR-2
Walks - 18
Strike Outs - 4
Ground Outs - 11
Fly Outs- 5

This seasons stats:

Spring 2006 Stats
AB - 37
Hits - 13
Batting Average - .351
On Base Average - .455
S - 10
D- 3
T-0
HR-0
Walks - 7
Strike Outs - 1
Ground Outs - 11
Fly Outs- 4

My question is that he has an inordinate number of ground ball outs. He is a bigger kid who usually bats anywhere from number two to number four hitter. He has a good eye but is lunging at pitches(head out in front of his torso) and rarely hits the ball with the power his body type would suggest he could/should. His rh batting motion is such that he has quick hands to the ball but I dont know if he is rolling his wrists in an effective manner...could this be a cause of the lack of power and ground balls?

Any help would be peachy.

Thanks