Can hit them in games on regular sized high school fields, 325 down the lines, 350 to center, and also hit 4-5 out every batting practice session?
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1 of 20 on our roster.
@PABASEBALLDAD, would that player be considered to have lots of power by college coaches?
2018's varsity team hit one HR all year. His frosh team hit 12 HR's last year which shocked everyone. The JV team hit 4 this year. The varsity team hit .220, so coaching hitting isn't exactly their skill set - yet with that the team made it to the second round of the CIF playoffs. Great pitching staff won a lot of 1-0 games.
homeruns posted:@PABASEBALLDAD, would that player be considered to have lots of power by college coaches?
Committed to coastal Carolina sept of junior year. Yes. I think so. But I would say percentage is much lower than that. I think we only had three or four home runs hit against us this year total.
Our HS field, 325 to left, 365 to center, 325 to right (8 foot fence all around). Team as a whole hit 15 Home Runs. One player had 9, one had 5 and one had 1. As the player that hit 5 I can say that I not once hit a ball out during BP. Most home runs in BP came from the player that hit 9 but about 3 guys hit home runs in practice but never in the game.
Our HS is 320 down the lines and 390 to center field. The power gaps are 375. I would have approximately 4 players with 5 or more home runs in a year and maybe another couple with 4 or more. Our field is legit with distance and I supervised it being built.
Our field is similar to coach's. We had 5 or 6 players put one over. Bragging..my son was one of them. 2 players them with multiple. Overall we were not a great hitting team this year.
I went and looked. In 2005 when I had a serious stud team, we went 8, 6, 6, 5, and 4 with our big boys. One of the players with 6 was drafted by the Red Sox. However, he tore his Achilles tendon and it was all over.
CoachB25 posted:I went and looked. In 2005 when I had a serious stud team, we went 8, 6, 6, 5, and 4 with our big boys. One of the players with 6 was drafted by the Red Sox. However, he tore his Achilles tendon and it was all over.
That was pre bb core ?
We had 3 boys hit a few out this year. Our field was 395 dead center 375 in the gaps and 330 down the line. All 3 players were under 6. Brag, my son is only 5'8" and he is one of the 3.
330 down the lines 355 to CF.
Eight kids hit HR out of 22 on Varsity.
Of those there were three with the capability of hitting 4-5 out every BP session. Two are committed to big time D1 colleges. The third was a sophomore this year.
One per cent, after watching 10,000 his players 1983 to 2016
Bob
pabaseballdad posted:CoachB25 posted:I went and looked. In 2005 when I had a serious stud team, we went 8, 6, 6, 5, and 4 with our big boys. One of the players with 6 was drafted by the Red Sox. However, he tore his Achilles tendon and it was all over.
That was pre bb core ?
Yes. However, those kids were really studs. We met at 6 in the morning every day until our season started. They alternated plyos and weights. They had good size being 6'5", 6'4", 6'4" ... One of the little guys is really into Crossfit.
My son had 4 his senior year. One other player had 1. The year before I think his team had 4 total. He could get 4-5 in a BP session fairly easily. The other kid who hit the HR probably had more power, but wasn't as consistent. If I would throw him a bucket of 50 or so, he'd get 10-12 on a good day. Not bad for a 5'11 165 lb SS/P. He hit some in BP during this spring in college.....at one point he had kept track (he and another guy were having a contest). He was essentially a PO, so I know his power took a little hit due to non use. He got to bat the first exhibition game for his summer team and hit one out in the 2nd inning with a wood bat....so he was pretty happy to see he could still do it.
CoachB25 posted:pabaseballdad posted:CoachB25 posted:I went and looked. In 2005 when I had a serious stud team, we went 8, 6, 6, 5, and 4 with our big boys. One of the players with 6 was drafted by the Red Sox. However, he tore his Achilles tendon and it was all over.
That was pre bb core ?
Yes. However, those kids were really studs. We met at 6 in the morning every day until our season started. They alternated plyos and weights. They had good size being 6'5", 6'4", 6'4" ... One of the little guys is really into Crossfit.
Beasts ! Won a lot of games getting off bus I bet !
Yes, we did but we had little guys as well. LOL
My 2014 son's team hit 11.He hit 7 of them(2 opposite field). 2015 team hit 10 and 2016 team hit 4. Field dimensions 325 down the lines,370 in the gaps and 400 in center. Most of the HS fields they played on were similar in dimensions.The big difference was the micro climates.Schools closer to the Bay and ocean often had heavy marine layer and the ocean breeze blowing in which kept more balls in the park.The schools out in the East County have a much different desert like climate.The ball really carries well out there.I suspect our team would have had 20 plus HR's if we had played out there.
The 2014 senior class has four players that are playing in college.
D1 :RHP
D2: MIF
D3: OF(son),RHP
Either you have power or you don't.Either you have plus bat speed or you don't. BBCOR bats have never been an excuse for lack of power production. Many coaches still whine about them though.
Son's senior year (2012) I think there were 10 team HR's. Seven by one player (5 tool player - was drafted - threw 95), two by my son and one by one other player. Son had 4 total for his HS career (one a grand slam). Home field was 305' down the line, 365' CF.
In college, he had 8 total. Two his freshman year (JuCo), none his sophomore year (JuCo) and 6 his junior year (D2). However he made up for no HR's his sophomore year by hitting 27 doubles (broke the school record) which got him noticed by the D2 RC. Both college fields were about the same - 335' down the line and 400' to CF with deep alley ways.
2018 son's team had 1 kid hit one out, and we have a pretty small field, but with 8 -10 foot fences. Other teams hit 4, I think. Son came a couple of feet shy of making that 5 one game. Whew! Thank goodness for a 10 foot fence in left center.