Not sure what to do

You talk about letting your coach down---what about the guys on your team ?

I dont want to let anyone down, if I am not there it will give someone else a chance.

The person has been working with me for a long time. I trust him and dont want to let him down either.

If you have pro interest you will have it next year also.

If you have been working with this person for a long time, why are you not ready now? Are you paying this person?

Think about it.

Why not go work with this person during the summer?

I am not paying him. I think that my injury made it so scouts wanted to see if I could still run. I dont know what will happen this year or next year. I just know that this guy who has been important to me thinks I should move to where the things he thinks are important to mlb can be developed better with him. My coach has a way of doing things are not. He is big on hit and run and bunting. If I have two strikes I am supposed to foul off fast balls and wait for a offspeed pitch. I would like to hit the fastball and I dont want scouts to think I cant.
I will be away playing ball this summer

I think that I will have pro interest next year to but I think that I could hit better if I could swing at the pitches I want to hit. Not the ones that coach wants me to hit. I can do hit and runs and move players and I am okay with that. But I cant swing the way that works best for me and fouling off fastballs to look offspeed is frustrating.

If you do not like what the coach tells you to do, then leave, but do understand that no matter where you go, it might be the same. I don't know much about hitting, but I am thinking that if you were a power guy your calls might be different.
FWIW, I know of a player that predominately walked and stole and bunted and had tremendous speed for the outfield. One HR in college (maybe two).
Drafted second round.

You do what you feel is best for you and your future and what will make you happy.

Best of luck.

I did not say that I do not like to do what the coach wants. I like my coach and my team. I am not allowed to swing a bat the way I want but the way I am is okay, but not my best.

My problem is that the person that I trust and has helped me the most thinks I should leave so he can teach me what he thinks he needs to teach me to get my best chance at pro ball.

I am struggling with that because I do not want to let anyone down. Not my coach or my team or my instructor. I dont want to do the wrong thing for me either. I guess there is no good answer. I dont want to be known as someone who would just leave, but I want to be the best that I can be as soon as I can.

I am not a speed guy like the one you know. I am not slow but speed is not my best tool.

I am just going to go with my gut and stay put and continue to work hard. It will work out in the end...

Brn2Hit,
I am not telling you what to do but it is a proven fact that the best of them cannot hit a curve ball unless it is a hanger, and your coach is demanding that you defy the odds that major leageurs and highly skilled hitters cannot accomplish, I,like your coach am a small ball contact hit and run, let the home runs come as they will person, but small ball does have it's place, look at the home runs and the real good hard hit gappers they certainly are not breaking balls, there is more than one way to play and hit a baseball, I was helping with the team here in Springfield , we had a young player who was having hard contact problems he said he acquired when he got to college and the coach demanded that he switch from his previous successful rotational movements to linear and that he resort to throwing side arm from short stop period. I consider this to be totally ridiculous and unnecessarily dictatorial, Linear movements and keeping your fingers on the side of the ball when you throw and need them on top creates negative actions to what you are attempting to accomplish. actually your final decision will be made when you decide what you feel, not think is best for you towards helping you accomplish your main goals, If you worry about letting this and that person down you will be in the middle of decision making and when you do make a decision one way or the other some one is going to be let down, think about the situation and make the decision that you feel,not think is going to be the best for you not for others, this is about you and you only with this decision, I played some pro ball and it is neat, I had a banner season that I will always remember and one that any player would never forget, one that most players only hope to have and then I got just plain stupid and just walked away from the game, I have always and still do wonder how far I could have gone had I not quit, make the decision that hopefully will not leave you hanging dry with your dream, and hopefully you will not carry a size "!%" size boot in your back side forever and leaving you wondering,"HOW FAR COULD I HAVE GONE", you say you have some pro, teams talking to you now, are you close enough to talk to any of them now ? if so you might mention your situation and see what their feed back is, I would venture to say that it would not be to foul off fast balls and wait for breaking balls, what does the coach who wants you to move closer say? if you "feel",not think, you can have that opportunity do what you feel will get you there.
The main basic reason for attempting to foul off pitches is to spoil border line pitches that are not good enough to get a good solid piece of ones bat on but may be good enough for the umpire to call strikes on especially with two strikes and he can quickly and take the bat right out of your hands on a called third strike.
The very best of luck no matter what your decision is, maybe we will see you out there fouling off those border line pitches to get to that good pitch on a two strike count.
Don Ervin

Thank you for your response. I decided to make the move and change programs to where I can work on developing my swing. Before I committed to the move I did speak with two of the scouts that have been following me and they both thought it was the best thing to do. I get to report to the new program in a few weeks. I have been playing in a wood bat league all summer and have begun to feel comfortable again at the plate. I feel good about the move right now. Thank you again for your comments.