@2022NYC posted:This was one of the biggest adjustment my kid had to make. He is now more aggressive and really attacking the outside pitch with less than 2 strikes rather than taking it since he is a lefty and sees a lot ofRH pitching. It has caused him to hit some oppo fly balls outs to LF but the people he want to impress need to hear the crack of the bat than see him trotting to first.
It drove me crazy watching my son take outside pitches waiting for one he could pull and drive. Then, when he had two strikes he would either foul off pitches until he walked, ground out to second or hit a weak fly to right. When his coach changed his hitting approach to drive that outside pitch to left center his game improved immensely.
I had to pay for my son to listen to what I had been telling him for two years. I used to try to piss him off by telling him I would place the entire defense on the right side of the field except the 3b to protect against the bunt.