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H hiddendriverMember
Hey Folks, New here and love this site. My 14 yr. old is having a time right now at plate. Lefty hitter. Always puts barrel on ball, but now it seems everything is on the dirt. Has always been linedrive hitter and can't seem to get back to old form. Any suggestions or drills for my dude.
Thanks for any all ideas.
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H hiddendriverMember
Hey Folks,

Thanks for your responses. We went to cage last night and did some work. I think we figured it out. Hands to far away from body. Pulled hands in and a bit higher and bingo...Line drive Fever. Almost took my head off. Still needs some work to instill, but hence BoltCoach, with hands to far away...barring occurs. Also, thanks for reminding about book..I have a copy. I will still try and get some video for Powertoallfields and maybe we can learn some more.
Many Thanks to all for your input.
C cwm10+ posts
Hiddendriver,

Were the hands too far away from the body before loading, or at the end of the load?

Your problem sounds like exactly what both my boys are dealing with. They were mean line drive power hitters last year. This winter we got them started on push ups and pull ups and the both "bulked up" some. So far in practice and games between the two of them I think we have had maybe 2 hard hit balls. Everything else is weak infield grounders.

I have a copy of the faults book also, the barring the arm didn't ring a bell for me until you guys mentioned it.

cwm
P powertoallfields1,000+ posts
quote:
Originally posted by cwm:
Hiddendriver,

Were the hands too far away from the body before loading, or at the end of the load?

Your problem sounds like exactly what both my boys are dealing with. They were mean line drive power hitters last year. This winter we got them started on push ups and pull ups and the both "bulked up" some. So far in practice and games between the two of them I think we have had maybe 2 hard hit balls. Everything else is weak infield grounders.

I have a copy of the faults book also, the barring the arm didn't ring a bell for me until you guys mentioned it.

cwm




Barring the front arm is only a problem if it is in tandem with a early extension of the top hand (Ken Griffey, Jr.).
H hiddendriverMember
cwm,

At the beginning. After messing with it some more tonight, with hands too far away from body the arm is almost completely extended. I think the beginning will help the end. I got into the book tonight and barring is on pages 65-69 and there were the results. He is pumped about batting practice Friday. I'll let you guys know.
PS-I love this site. Talking baseball is better than.....
SandmanSandman500+ posts
I've never been a big fan of the fence drill. I've seen too many kids manipulate their bodies, arms, bat to avoid the fence that it just doesn't seem productive to me. What I'd do is have him do what our dearly-missed friend Donny Swingbuster used to advocate - hit the inside of the ball. To do so, you'll naturally have to wait a little longer. But w/ a GOAL of "hit the inside of the ball" instead of trying to think "wait longer", it often helps.

Good luck and keep us posted.
trojan-skippertrojan-skipper1,000+ posts
agree on fence drill. It's kind of like having a point guard do a lot of Harlem Globetrotter dribbling... it's probably okay because you are manipulating the ball and working with it; you aren't going to do it in the game.

Same thing with fence drill; you simply aren't going to swing that way in the game; I guess it's okay to manipulate the bat and your hands; but a steady diet??? probably not.

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