Posted by: MLA (mla@hotmail.com) on Fri Apr 29 09:59:21 2005

> What is some good advice/drills to keep from opening up to soon? Swing mechanics otherwise look good......Contact point always seems to be way out in front resulting in weak grounders off the end of the bat.........

Try having the player toe-in his front foot. This is only a band-aid solution until you can cure him of his problem. One thing I did to cure a similar problem with a 9 year-old was to have him practice some self-toss, and some soft-toss drills, which did the trick.
Good luck.