Posted by: Thorpe Facer (tfacer@yahoo.com) on Mon Apr 8 07:44:43 2002

My son is hitting the top half of theball,this causes groundballs.What can I have him do to hit the center of the ball.What drill.


Assuming that your son is using rotational mechanics then hitting the top half of the ball is just a timing issue: he's a little early. More live batting practice is the answer. I also have success emphasizing to kids how small the difference is between hitting a line drive and popping up or hitting grounders, in terms of where the bat hits on the ball. Pointing out that the difference is no more than perhaps an inch and probably much smaller seems to give them confidence that they're close and that they can make such a small adjustment.

If your son is not using rotational mechanics, disregard the above. There's much more to work on than timing.