My 2017 son, a catcher, made tremendous strides in his hitting by working with a local fellow (and HS hitting guru) for whom I have tremendous respect.For about 18 months pretty regularly. That was until Fall 2017 when a hitch in his swing got him to roll-over to the right side a LOT (say half the time) and then pop-up to the left (1/4th of the time), leaving hard grounders that find a gap and the occasional line drive or deep fly. Went from batting almost 0.500 (slugging 0.700 and OPS >1.0) to 0.100 in one season with no power. Obviously, this became very mental.
Of course, he worked with his instructor who mostly figured out his hands were too high and drifted away from his body and then back to his body (so kind of an arc/slice). Tried to fix it with drills but nothing worked/"stuck" and it got worse and more mental.
In the meantime, he's going to focus on arm conditioning and catcher-related conditioning. I have tremendous respect for hsi coach but I fear we are at an impasse that might require a new perspective in terms of instructor and perhaps technology.
Anyone been through this sort of thing? Another option is stepping back to tee work with same instructor and rebuild the swing and the relationship. But this would be hard to do in the winter and he has no facility per se. Advice appreciated. Thanks.
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