My freshman son is kind of worried about his new hitting coach trying to revamp his swing. What would be some good advice to give him on how to deal with this?
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Hit really good in practice and games. When you deliver the mail, they leave you alone.
BB;
ask the Coach the question WHY?
What are the goals to be achieved? Is he the College Coach.
Bob
@Consultant posted:BB;
ask the Coach the question WHY?
What are the goals to be achieved? Is he the College Coach.
Bob
#1 thing right there by Bob.
Always ask WHY, but be sure to do it in a positive way with an inflection that says, I really want to learn, not questioning. If the coach is worth anything he will be very excited you did. No offense, but SOME college coaches can be really arrogant, so be careful how you ask. My older son once said to a coach who told him to do something one way... "okay, coach, I'll give it a try" because of that answer he was told he was difficult.
So here are some questions to ask yourself too (or your son that is)
1. Is he struggling overall or 2. Is his swing something that will work against velo and pitchers who can hit their spots or are you reliant on mistakes over the middle or middle in. (ie is the coach trying to help because he sees an issue that will develop against better pitching)
IF you answered yes to either...and decide to accept the new changes...
remember, not everything that coach may teach in order to change the swing (which hopefully is to resolve an existing issue or to improve his chances as he progresses to higher levels) is going to be what the final swing actually ends up as. Often you need to way over exaggerate things to make a required change, then back it off in reality. So don't jump to judgement and give up too soon.
The question why will also help him make a decision if these changes are good and if you buy into it.
If you think the coach is not helping or you really feel it is wrong or that it doesn't work,,, smile, say yes coach, work with him, but if in practice and games your son is crushing things with his normal swing, see if the coach says things like, "see, I told you, etc." and just keep saying, "yes, you were right, thanks coach"
If he's struggling, maybe buy in a bit more.