Posted by: Abby (z3ab@yahoo.com) on Thu Mar 22 14:21:59 2007

I do agree that with gifted athletes an advanced skill can be learned and implemented in the right situations. As well we do have bigger and earlier developing kids. Can you justify teaching a power hitting style to the whole team. It seems like such a blanket thing to do when you consider that all hitters have their own style. I just worry about the bad habits that the new teaching techniques have caused from my prospective. Some of it I will acknowlage is coaches misinterpreting the style. I would say teach the kids to put the ball in play and as they progress let them get to more and more challenging skills. Thanks for the response!