Posted by: CHRIS () on Thu Mar 21 09:37:50 2002

I am new to this site but thank goodness there is no talk of hitting down!!!! My son has always been our power hitter since little leauge [not bragging plenty of home runs]it came natural.I just left him alone and also he hardly ever struck out.Could hit consistently over 300 ft at age 13.Now he is a freshman and the coach told him fly balls were just long outs and has him hitting down off a tee.Since then he chops to infeild or pops up everything. He told me all his power is gone[obvious].It seems he is getting his hands before his hips which causes him to chop middle and inside pitches foul or miss.I have started working with him off a tee having starthis hip first and hitting the ball staight or slightly up into a net.Will this help or hurt[dreaded uppercut?] Also any other drills that might help? thanks for any help?