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12yo first time playing

D 1dumbquestion10+ posts
Hey all, new here and Im coaching a 12u team this year. I have a player who is new to baseball, never touched a bat before this season. his swing is just awful, I've coach a lot of younger kids and was able to break them of a massive upper cut but this kid is 12 and I'm having a hard time getting it out of him. I have him do lots of tee work and he will start to look ok, but then when he goes for bp its right back to the swing from hell. any ideas on a kid that has age working against him. thanks, 1
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coach2709coach270910,000+ posts
How many cuts does he take off a Tee before he heads to BP? It takes many reps to break bad habits and when you are teaching new habits to someone who has no experience is going to take even more. Might not be a bad idea to bag BP and stick with drills for a couple of weeks until he can create some muscle memory.

You don't learn to hit facing a BP pitcher or a live pitcher. You learn to hit by doing drills around the cage. BP on the field is all about fine tuning and maintaining.
B billyho1110+ posts
Get a cheep full length mirror from Wal-Mart. Have him watch a couple of your good hitters from the side then send him over to the mirror to try to emulate their swings. Kids like this have a hard time feeling their faults and understanding a coach's criticism due to lack of experience. If they can see what is right and watch themselves they can see their faults and fix them. I have done this with several kids new to the game. It seems to really speed up the process in my experience.
fanofgamefanofgame5,000+ posts
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Get a cheep full length mirror from Wal-Mart



That worked for my son when he was younger, he used to drop his hands, but didnt realize he was doing it, he used a mirror and then we also videtaped him and watched. he could see what he was doing and then go to the tee and watch in the mirror. It takes a lot of work to break habits, its muscle memory and the brain just reverts back to the bad habits until you train well enouhg to break them.

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