Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Wed Dec 27 09:33:39 2006

> Cage,
> without seeing you, my guess would be your opening your lead shoulder early. If you rotate early, it will cause you to pull away from the strike zone and you would have to reach back to hit a ball on the outside of the plate. Another problem may be no one has taught you and inside, outside swing. I would suggest you have a good instructor take look at your swing, if one is not available you can have your parents take some film of our swing and send it to a qualified instructor. Hope this helps. Coach Moore

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Coach Moore made a lot of good points and I agree with what he said. As a quick fix, I would use a bat that is and inch longer but with preferably the same weight if possible. This way your bat will stay in the hitting area slightly longer and may allow you to make more contact due to greater extension.