Posted by: Gary (gnewton@tconl.com) on Thu Sep 7 21:07:17 2006

> > I have a 12 year old boy with as Jack puts it "linkage problems" and weight to much on his back leg after video review. I have been working on keeping his weight centered over his belly button during prelaunch and try to hide his hands and or touch his right thumb to his right shoulder during loading to help. What I am seeing now is that when he attempts to swing at pitches he swings way before the ball ever gets to the contact zone. Is this a result of the linkage being fixed and batspeed/efficiency going up? What can I do to help him with his timing. When he does time it correctly he does hit with alot more power now.
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> > Thanks Jacks and anyone else that might be able to help.
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> Gary, With out seeing him swing, try telling him to make shure his stride foot is down before the pitcher releases the ball.
> Jeff Hunter

Thanks Jeff, I will try to put a mpeg file of a cut on a site so you could see him. His stride foot is down when the pitcher reaches power position. Its like he has lost where the point of contact is supposed to be. On video he is back to all wrists and way out front. I guess it is back to the bag and tee work again.
Thanks
Gary