Posted by: D Anthony (ranthony@rogers.com) on Thu Aug 24 19:08:47 2006

> My 11-year-old son got Jack's video and has made alot of progress.
> On "good" days he looks really good. But he still has bad days where his timing is way off.
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> On those bad days he gets frustrated and keeps modifying his mechanics trying to get a better result. But from my point of view it looks like he is simply not seeing the ball. Swinging early or late...
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> Jack: Do you have any suggestions about what he can do when after say 10-pitches into a batting cage session he realizes he is not hitting well?


I have foud that improvement in timing is best done facing live pitching, and against differing windups. Learning to get in sync with the pitcher's rythm is all important.
The hitter has to tune into that rythm on the bench, and in the batting circle,...before their first at bat. And of all the hitting skills,- it is among the more difficult to master.