Posted by: guest () on Thu Aug 3 07:36:43 2006

> > My son is 10 and his swing appears to be pretty good overall. However, he seems to hit a lot of short high pops to the pitcher or just past the infield. What is the likely cause of this? What can you reccomend to help prevent this?
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> Does he stride toward the pitcher?
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> I have found that some of my guys tend to slide under the ball, and pop it up, if they take too big of a stride. I have them either shorten up their stride or eliminate the stride entirely (and come with some other way of unloading the front foot).