Posted by: The Hitman (ahsnumber3@aol.com) on Mon Jun 10 23:54:02 2002

I am not a baseball player but my son really digs the sport and I enjoy watching the games(As leangthy as they are...walk,walk,walk, etc.) As of now he has not made contact with the ball. He is swinging way late and I am looking for a way to help him since the coaches are more worried about the guys that can hit. Is there an exercise that I could work with him to become not a slugger, but just to make contact. Any help would be great!!
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> In coaching little league the last few years the only reason for late swings is (a) poor technigue or (b)lack of muscle power to create swing speed. 9 out 10 kids it is technique. Study the sight, buy the tapes and do the drills. The drills will solve A and or B.

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Also of course there is also the fear factor which is quite evident in kids at such young ages, ecspecially in their first years of fast pitch. I would just have your son hit off a pitching machine until his hands blister so that he can build confidence up that he can hit a baseball
The Hitman