Posted by: Dan (carneyky@earthlink.net) on Wed Jan 23 20:06:31 2002

Hi,

I'm new to this site and am impressed, yet feel overwhelmed. I coach a 9/10 yr. old Little League team and consider myself pretty baseball knowledgeable (perhaps only knowledgable enough to be dangerous!). My son is on the small side, but an excellent contact hitter, though last year hit too many grounds balls for my taste. I felt he had way too much top hand roll last year and this caused his excess grounders. I have had him working out religiously on the Griffey Instructo-Swing this winter. After reading comments on this site, I'm now worried that I've caused more damage than good, though from my take his swing is looking good. Here's my questions:

1) Does the Instructo-Swing do any good at all?
2) Have I done harm to his swing?
3) Are you familiar with the Shortstroke and what are your thoughts on that?
4) If I purchase this tape, how long does it normally take before this new swing approach becomes "second nature?" Will it take longer given that I have to "undo" all our winter work?
5) It is sometimes difficult to follow this rotational hitting process because of all the "technical" terminology used. If you had to pick ONE main thing to increase a good hitter's POWER, what would it be? Please don't use terms for which I will need a PhD! (I don't have one).

THANKS.