Posted by: Bill (emerson@nationalcomputer.cc) on Tue May 3 10:34:42 2005

I have a little leaguer (10 yr old) who has got in a bad habit of lunging during his swing. He hits the ball regularly, but most of these are just dinks in the infield. He has almost a downward swing and will not extend his back arm OUT and through the ball. It seems as though he has more of a "wrist swing" (slap) at the same time his chin and upper body lunge towards the ball. I've been working with him this season to try and break this habit (ball slap, left over from minor league) and can't seem to break it. It's ashame because he is a good ballplayer with good bat speed, but no power. Any help would be greatly appreciated.