real green posted:It's my opinion that 9yr olds shouldn't work on their game. They should play! Get creative and turn every drill into a game they play. Soft toss on an open field. Set cones and assign points. Play many games. Use ghost runners etc..
Reps are key to hitting. Just make the reps FUN!
This is true.
I remember one day I found my two boys playing a game that involved pitching individual Skittles at each other as hard as they could and trying to hit them back where they came. I was sorry I had to put the kibosh on that.
For a long time we played a wiffle ball game in front of the house almost everyday before school. I'd pitch wiffles. A hard grounder that hit the house was a single, a line drive was a double, a ball that went over the roof was a homer. Everything else was an out, and there was only one out per inning. We'd keep track of imaginary runners after every pitch and keep score. Maybe not as fun as trying to mash a Skittle back at your brother, but darn close.