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Posted by: Gilberto Mendoza (mendozg@us.ibm.com) on Sat Apr 29 06:32:55 2006

Are you suppose to hit the top part of the baseball or the middle
of the baseball. Is it the top you hit ground balls, the bottom you
hit fly balls, and the middle line drives. I know there's more to hitting but in this case I'm asking if all the fundamentals are correct where should a player concentrate on hitting the ball?

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Posted by: Gilberto Mendoza (mendozg@us.ibm.com) on Sat Apr 29 06:29:24 2006

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> My son is hitting the top half of theball,this causes groundballs.What can I have him do to hit the center of the ball.What drill.
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> > Assuming that your son is using rotational mechanics then hitting the top half of the ball is just a timing issue: he's a little early. More live batting practice is the answer. I also have success emphasizing to kids how small the difference is between hitting a line drive and popping up or hitting grounders, in terms of where the bat hits on the ball. Pointing out that the difference is no more than perhaps an inch and probably much smaller seems to give them confidence that they're close and that they can make such a small adjustment.
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> > If your son is not using rotational mechanics, disregard the above. There's much more to work on than timing.
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> I go to many baseball and fastpitch softball games from little league thru college. I am retired. I also follow a few college teams through their web sights. They post team statistics. There are very few teams with team batting averages over 275 at college level softball. Those that are probably have one or two hitters with very high averages that distort the total. Most teams are in the low 200s.
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> My question is, who are all the people who come here and tell everyone about the success they have teaching people to hit. These people should be making tapes and writting books because its obvious from the numbers that there are very few good hitters in HS or college softball. Come on guys, You are needed in the "real" world.
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> S. Wilson

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> Are you suppose to hit the top part of the baseball or the middle
> of the baseball. Is it the top you hit ground balls, the bottom you
> hit fly balls, and the middle line drives. I know there's more to hitting but in this case I'm asking if all the fundamentals are correct where should a player concentrate on hitting the ball?
> 
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> Posted by: Gilberto Mendoza (mendozg@us.ibm.com) on Sat Apr 29 06:29:24 2006
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> > My son is hitting the top half of theball,this causes groundballs.What can I have him do to hit the center of the ball.What drill.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Assuming that your son is using rotational mechanics then hitting the top half of the ball is just a timing issue: he's a little early. More live batting practice is the answer. I also have success emphasizing to kids how small the difference is between hitting a line drive and popping up or hitting grounders, in terms of where the bat hits on the ball. Pointing out that the difference is no more than perhaps an inch and probably much smaller seems to give them confidence that they're close and that they can make such a small adjustment. 
> > > 
> > > If your son is not using rotational mechanics, disregard the above. There's much more to work on than timing.
> > 
> > I go to many baseball and fastpitch softball games from little league thru college. I am retired. I also follow a few college teams through their web sights. They post team statistics. There are very few teams with team batting averages over 275 at college level softball. Those that are probably have one or two hitters with very high averages that distort the total. Most teams are in the low 200s. 
> > 
> > My question is, who are all the people who come here and tell everyone about the success they have teaching people to hit. These people should be making tapes and writting books because its obvious from the numbers that there are very few good hitters in HS or college softball. Come on guys, You are needed in the "real" world.
> > 
> > S. Wilson

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