Posted by: dawgfan (jeff3@alltel.net) on Tue Jun 11 21:00:38 2002

There seems to be a lot of discussion about how good one swings against a T or Swing A Way and in soft toss and then how difficult it is to take the same swing in the game. It seems to me that timing is the main difference along with pitch location. Has anyone suggested going to the batting cage and hitting against very slow pitching until you can keep your swing mechanics perfect and then gradually increasing the speed of the pitch step by step, not increasing speed until you've demonstrated proficiency at each level. Maybe 10mph increments until you reach the level you need to be at. Just dry swings don't do it for us. And jumping from dry swings directly into the frying pan doesn't do it either. Any comments? Anyone tried this?

for some people- it could be the mindset= thinking too much or trying to hit the ball too hard or too far(usually)=Really trying too hard. While doing t-work or soft toss doesn't require much thinking- you just hit the ball into a net where you can't tell how far you hit it. just go into the game, relax, think of the ball when in the box- ENJOY YOURSELF- HAVE FUN.