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Reply to "hitting and timing suggestions"

You can find many different opinions on this topic, and I'm not smart enough to know which is best. Players have different loading mechanisms, strides, etc so part of the answer is to understand how long it takes your son to get into position to hit. I have always been a proponent of starting early. As I watch my son's high school team, getting the front foot down too late is a very common problem.

My son and I work on this using the T. I stand behind the L screen, fake a pitch, asking him begin loading when I break my hands and to focus on my release point, and he simulates tracking the ball to the T and swings. I will vary the speed of my delivery, as well as change my release point. I have no idea if this will work for others, but my son said it has helped him quite a bit and we have seen his timing greatly improve over the last few months.

Best of luck, Longsufferingmetsfan. As a Padre fan, I feel your pain.  

 

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