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Originally posted by bhelton:
I am a Varsity HS Player and was wondering if anyone out there could analyze my swing for possible contiuation into college?
Thanks
bhelton22
http://members.baseballfactory...yerpage.asp?id=37808I also have included my max preps stats.
http://www.maxpreps.com/nation...urpath=,local,playerThanks again.
If 1st base is going to be your position, you will need to have some power to attract college attention. Your stats don't show many extra-base hits, and my guess is because your swing does not incorporate your lower half.
There is virtually no hip turn, which limits bat speed, especially with your slight build.
Otherwise, you seem to do pretty nice work with your hands.
Get with an instructor that can work with you on that. And hit the weight room and the dinner table hard!
It looks like you have good hand-eye on your field ing, but use your feet to get directly in front of the ground ball! On a couple of them, you fielded them off to the side. Ususally a ground ball hit to first is going to have topspin from a lefty or side spin from a righty. Either way, the ball tends to jump towards the line. Make sure you use your body to stay in front of it!
Can you play outfield? Wouldn't hurt to learn. If your 60 time is 7.68 (can't tell if that's what the 768.00 indicates), then you need to get under 7 to play right or left.
Congrats on your GPA! Keep that up and prepare well for ACT and/or SAT!
And be realistic about your college choice. Honestly, you probably don't have the physical tools to be a D-1 1B at this time. But, you can improve on your size and strength and who knows?
Have fun, work hard and let us know how you are doing!