son has a long swing, how is the best way to shorten up his swing? are there certain drills he can do?
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First, let me say I am no hitting expert. All I have is experience with one son. Also, you didn't mention the age of your son, so what I have to contribute may not be relevant.
My son is 15 and we are told he has good fundamental mechanics, which I attribute to professional batting instruction he had when we was 11-12 years old. Last spring he developed what I would describe as a loopy swing - a much longer swing. I used the video camera to show him what it looked like - he could see that he was off, but he didn't really know what he was doing. After watching himself bat on video, he pulled out the T and worked in the garage awhile, then decided that his problem was with his weight distribution. Since then, no loopy swing and his batting average has increased dramatically.
I'm now a fan of: (1) good batting instruction, if that is available/affordable for you and (2) owning your own T so the player can work it out when they get older. Essentially my son was able to self-diagnose by having both.
As for drills, I will leave that to the folks who understand hitting mechanics much better than I do. Good luck and enjoy!
My son is 15 and we are told he has good fundamental mechanics, which I attribute to professional batting instruction he had when we was 11-12 years old. Last spring he developed what I would describe as a loopy swing - a much longer swing. I used the video camera to show him what it looked like - he could see that he was off, but he didn't really know what he was doing. After watching himself bat on video, he pulled out the T and worked in the garage awhile, then decided that his problem was with his weight distribution. Since then, no loopy swing and his batting average has increased dramatically.
I'm now a fan of: (1) good batting instruction, if that is available/affordable for you and (2) owning your own T so the player can work it out when they get older. Essentially my son was able to self-diagnose by having both.
As for drills, I will leave that to the folks who understand hitting mechanics much better than I do. Good luck and enjoy!
Post some video and then stand back and watch the feeding frenzy...
I agree with twotex you have to get someone who can work with your son over a period of time and is someone you trust. Rebuilding a swing takes quite a bit of time and dedication. Seriously however if you post some video you will get some good feedback as well as some bad, it will start an argument and make the hitting forum interesting for a while, or until someone posts something about Marshall in the pitching thread and then we will all run over there and toss insults at each other....
I agree with twotex you have to get someone who can work with your son over a period of time and is someone you trust. Rebuilding a swing takes quite a bit of time and dedication. Seriously however if you post some video you will get some good feedback as well as some bad, it will start an argument and make the hitting forum interesting for a while, or until someone posts something about Marshall in the pitching thread and then we will all run over there and toss insults at each other....
