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One of the parents did say these coaches came from colleges that are not big on baseball so they learned a "small ball" batting strategy, whereas a college that has a strong baseball reputation teaches a totally different batting strategy that promotes more powerful batters.


Fullerton, Irvine, Long Beach have all played/lived by the small ball strategy and they are schools that are big on baseball. Fullerton, under Horton, had/(has?) a reputation for making opponets pay defensivly by presuring them with hit and runs, bunts, stealing bases all game long.

Having said that I am not big on changing everyone's batting style into one uniform standard. A good player will constantly tweek his own batting style, taking advice from coaches and fellow players during his career in a manner that fits his ability and more importantly his confidence. Lack of confidence in a hitting style or approach will greatly diminish a hitters results. A HS coach has to learn where to draw the line between helping or hurting each kids swing and confidence.
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