Posted by: Richard Schenck () on Sat May 4 17:50:36 2002

Hi,
> I am a 15 year old sophomore playing high school baseball. I often hear I have excellent mechanics and a good swing but I am in a slump right now. The problem seems to be I am always popping up which seems to be my back shoulder and also I may be bringing my front shoulder up. I work on a tee often and am able to hit off the tee but when it comes to live batting I am "looping my swing" Please If there are any drills to help this problem and get me out of this habit of dropping my back shoulder I would appreciate it.

Are you sure you're swinging at good pitches. Dropping the shoulder is not all bad. You need to swing on the plane of the ball. Analyze to see if your swing is on the plane or not. If not get it on it. You can drop too far but you still must swing on the plane of the pitch.