Posted by: The Hitting Guru () on Wed Jan 10 19:51:38 2007

> When my son hits line drives, they tend to die in the outfield, apparently due to backspin. His hardest hit balls tend to be hard grounders. Is there something in his mechanics that needs to be corrected so the line drive travel farther?

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J&N. Actually backspin helps the ball carry. As such your son needs to hit the bottom half of the ball in order for his line drives to carry. Make sure he is taking a complete swing through the ball and is turning his back hip through the swing. The fence drill is an excellent technique for getting through the ball.