Posted by: mb () on Thu Jun 20 13:51:29 2002

I HAVE A 14 YR OLD DAUGHTER WHO'S COACH RUNS A HITTING DRILL BY THROWING 30 BALLS UP ONE AFTER ANOTHER AS FAST AS HE CAN, HAVING THEM HIT THEM AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. I'M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THIS IS GOING TO HELP?
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> > Dont know unless he working on her quickness and reaction time ..
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> I've seen that done. Pointless. You can't get ready for anything so you swing entirely differently than in a game. It's good for quick-pitch practice, I guess.
> I have a tennis background and once was involved in a drill where three servers alternated like a gattling gun while I was supposed to return serve against all three. Similar pointless drill.
> I took my time, got ready and returned the next serve at arrived, then reset and got ready for another one. I was hitting 1 in 5 maybe.
> I got thrown out of the drill and just told the guy I wasn't going to ruin my return or waste my time with absurd ruinous drills. I hit a bucket of serves while other people ruined their returns.
> Maybe you can make that point to the coach in a nicer way.
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I do not think the drill will build a powerful swing. I do believe it can help build timing, quickness, reaction time, coordination in a young baseball or tennis player. Andre Agassi was trined in a a similar fashion using rapid fire from ball machines. He has the best tennis serve return in the game.