Posted by: CC Lyon (lyoncc@hotmail.com) on Wed Mar 14 10:10:47 2007

> "Hi all. This is my first post. I enjoy reading the discussions very much. Here is my 12 year old's swing. Small kid, good hitter, good power, does get blown away by top major's travel ball pitchers."
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> Very nice swing. Great rotation. Notice the back foot off the ground at the point of contact.
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> Swing is a little slow (6-7 frames), with some signs of bat drag, but that may be due to the weight of the bat.
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> He also seems to hit the ball a little far out in front. Is he trying to take his hands to the ball?
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> In general I wouldn't mess with him.

Chris,

Swing slowness - we are trying to address it by trying to keep the bat vertical as long as possible (into the rotation). That seems to quicken things a little bit. I'm just a hack though, not an expert by any stretch!
Hands to the ball - I don''t know, we try to keep them close to the body for power, but we might have been working curves the other way, I don't remember exactly.

Thanks for the feedback!