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Reply to "What challenges did your son have going to the BIG field?"

Originally Posted by Smitty28:
Originally Posted by CaCO3Girl:
Originally Posted by Smitty28:
 many kids tried to muscle the ball at first and their mechanics broke down. 

I'd say please use smaller words, but they were all kind of small, so I will say please usedifferent words to explain what you meant by this.

The BBCOR doesn't have nearly the pop that a -8 or -10 has, and it's also a lot heavier, so the BBCOR doesn't produce the same ball flight/distance.  Plus with the bigger field it's much more difficult to drive the ball into the outfield.  This can be discouraging to a kid who has always been a good hitter.  To compensate, some kids will start over swinging, using more of their arms and flying open.  It's counter-intuitive to these kids that the harder they try to hit the ball the worse the effect.  They have to trust their mechanics and drive with the legs/hip to generate bat speed.

ahhhh gotcha, thanks.

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