Posted by: George () on Mon Sep 17 17:03:06 2007

> I am 15 years old and turning 16 soon. I am going into my 4th year of travel baseball and I was on the freshman baseball team last spring. I need help with my swing desperately. I take 500 swings a day(300 off a tee) and 200 underload/overload swings. I am playing fall ball and I had a game recently and I hit everything to right field and got jammed twice off a pitcher that wasnt throwing hard. This past travel season I was late on everything and kept getting jammed off pitchers not throwing hard at all and I have no idea why because I used to pull everything. I havent drove the ball in a while and I have no idea why this is all happening because I practice a ton and most people dont even practice at all but still awsome.I dont know if im striding late or if im picking up the ball to late. When I video tape my swing when I load my hands go up and back and when I start to turn my hips my hands are way above my shoulder. In freshamn I Batted .420 but most of my hits were to right field that were jam shots or little bloopers. Does anyone have any advice? Thanks


Joey. Without seeing your swing, it sounds like so far you are an opposite field hitter. But you did hit .420 which is good. It is possible you need to start your swing process sooner. Thus, find an earlier release point from which to begin your swing. I would also experiment with a lighter bat and reduce the number of swings in half as you could be tired. Practice hitting off the T to the pull field only until you begin pulling the ball.