Posted by: The Hitting Guru (hitman3527@aol.com) on Thu May 11 19:54:34 2006

> My son has been using rotational hitting mechanics for about 9 months. Lately, he seems to be pulling his head during his swing, and thus, making poor or no contact. Could this be the result of over emphasizing the rotation of his lead shoulder to the catcher? Or is this simply a point of focus where he needs to concentrate harder on not rotating his head during the swing? Any suggestions or help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

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The likely sources could be 1) not watching the ball long enough by not keeping his head down 2) stepping in the bucket (or bailing out with the lead foot 3) being to pull conscious (quick hip) 4) being too close to the plate which makes him have to bail out in order to make full extension 5) trying to swing and or hit the ball to hard