Posted by: Mark H. () on Mon Apr 15 09:43:02 2002

My 7th grader went to an afternoon camp put on by our local high school coach and was taught that you need to "chop some wood" in order to be the kind of hitter the coach wants- nothing deep, put the ball in play. He actually said that they will score runs with defense. The boys are to practice one of the coach's favorite drills all week so they can be real good for the second camp session next weekend.
> > > No doubt this is a well-known drill, but I had never heard about it and had to share with any other fellow ignoramuses that hadn't tried this. You sit on your butt with your legs flat on the ground making a V and, if you're a righty, you chop down with the bat onto your left toe at a 45 degree angle, so as to burn in the ideal swing angle. Thankfully, my son realized how ridiculous it was, though I have no idea how we'll deal with this in two years.
> > > Just thought you players and coaches would want to incorporate this brilliance into your training immediately.
> > > Anybody know a lawyer who could sue this guy for malpractice? Gheesh!
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> > Hey our HS coach tries to get power hitters hitting this way!!!!! It ruins them.
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> by the way look in March post titled HITTING DOWN to see my frustation with the same advise

At least in baseball there are other places to play. If you get a bad high school football coach, you are just out of luck entirely. Maybe this coach will be gone by the time your son gets there or maybe there are other better options academically and for baseball. Good luck.

Mark H.