Posted by: BigDaddy () on Wed Mar 28 07:32:00 2007

You make a good point. Because its not conventional wisdom, coaches who do not understand the mechanics of the rotational swing can unknowingly sabotage kids who are learning it. However, its been my experience that when a kid is swinging well and getting results, the coaches are afraid to alter his swing for fear that they will be blamed if the kid starts slumping. They leave well enough alone. The problem is the kid who's trying to learn a rotational swing and isn't getting the desired results yet.

> I definetly agree with this entire website. But, the thing that needs to be understood is nobody teaches this stuff. Not in pro ball, or college baseball and it´s extremly hard for a player to succed without having someone there working with the player. The one thing I have learned in all of my years in baseball is that hitting is a very sensative subject. The majority of hitting coaches in america teach swing down at the ball and it´s clear that good hitters do not do that. The thing that needs to get emphazised more is the bottom hand pull. And that could help kids not only swing the bat better but also fool there hitting coaches into thinking they are doing what they teach. Because lets face it for a hitter who tries to do this stuff on this website and struggles there coach will have something to say. Some great hitters naturally already do this and some almost do it. In my opinion if kids perfect and understand the bottom hand pull they will be just fine as a hitter. Maybe you should have a section on how to still hit rotational but how to deal with coaches who are extremly linear.