Sounds like Your Boys Load and Flow is Rusty ....or Stuck

Hi Roger,

Ouch. The problem as I read it Roger is
two fold.
a. It's your kid
b. His 'load and flow' mechanism is getting
stuck (or is rusty)

One area that I speak to Baseball Associations about when educating hitting
coaches in a group is to be REAL CONSERVATIVE when 'adjusting' a players
hitting trigger mechanism.

In other words: DON'T "MESS" with a pupils
'natural' preparation.

AND Unless you know the kid,
know when his hitting is on,
know when his hitting is off,
& wants to 'work at improving'
.........everyother day.....
then LEAVE HIS TRIG ALONE.

On the other side: I do suggest MINOR
'adjustments', but only after careful
review, interaction, and plan to
remedy the ailment.

From your writing, Roger, I am afraid
you are falling into the 'cookie cutter'
Hitting trap that most inexperienced Dad's
(who know their son better than all)
typically fall into. AND THAT's EVERY
SINGLE NON BASEBALL DAD THAT I HAVE COME ACROSS.

Sure, the 1-2-3-4 drill is good for teaching beginning hitters, robots and dance partners. However, it also produces 'stiffness' in the hitters
hands, (and dancers feet) which leads towards a 'lack of robustness'
in the weight transfer, loss of balance
and rythmn, (GREAT HITTERS ARE GREAT DANCERS). Also I have found that the
1-2-3-4 Drill does a pretty good job
breaking down the 'hitting' parts. However
when putting the parts of the
hitting stroke backtogether, the individual parts become less than the whole.

One drill that may help you:
1. Self toss.

Simply throw the ball up to himself
and hit it.

2. Pepper

The swing with out the follow thru.

3. Bottom Hand Prep Only

Cut a wood bat down. Swing short bat
with bottom hand only. Look for
'squaring' at contact.

cheers
Bear

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