Posted by: Art () on Fri Mar 19 08:36:18 2004

I have a couple of 12 year olds on our team who are fine hitters, yet both have the same bad habit of dipping their back shoulder to reach low or outside pitches. Any suggestions of drills to break this habit?
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> > > Mark You may want to look at their spine angle at address (more bend from the hip ) for low pitches. The problem with outside pitches is hitters try to hit the pitch to far out in front instead of letting the ball com to them more.
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> > So, are you saying they should focus on bending from the hip, verus from the knees?
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> http://www.youthbaseballcoaching.com/swings.html

Whats the big deal if the pitch is low or outside you dip the shoulders, end of discussion.I play college ball, Division 1 scholarship player, scouts constantly marveling. Can antyone else say the same?