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Posted by: Willy Mays Jr () on Mon Jul 9 08:28:11 2001

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO EXPLAIN TO A KID ON HOW TO GET HIS WEIGHT BACK, I HAVE A VERY GOOD CONTACT HITTER ON MY TEAM BUT HE HAS NO BACKWARD MOVEMENT AT ALL ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
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> > I would suggest for him to stand with his front foot slightly on his toe to keep most of his weight on his back foot. I have tried this with several kids and it does seem to help. Like everything, it takes time & practice to get use to this stance. If you look at Derek Jeter, he is a good example of a player keeping his weight on his back foot by constantly lifting his front foot.
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> Jeff,
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> Tell the kid to keep his head over his back foot and keep it there.
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> Joe A.

>Jeff:Usually we just ignore Joe A, but terrible advice that will mess up a kid's swing can not be ignored. I don't think batspeed.com is in the business of producing back foot spinners.

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Re: Re: Re: Re: GETTING WEIGHT BACK
JEFF [ Mon Jul 9 13:31:17 2001 ]
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  Willy Mays Jr [ Mon Jul 9 13:39:28 2001 ]
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    GETTING WEIGHT BACK Major Dan [ Tue Jul 10 05:46:49 2001 ]
    GETTING WEIGHT BACK tom.guerry [ Tue Jul 10 07:32:01 2001 ]
    GETTING WEIGHT BACK Major Dan [ Wed Jul 11 10:02:21 2001 ]
    GETTING WEIGHT BACK tom.guerry [ Wed Jul 11 11:38:31 2001 ]
    GETTING WEIGHT BACK Major Dan [ Thu Jul 12 07:18:36 2001 ]
    GETTING WEIGHT BACK tom.guerry [ Thu Jul 12 10:41:24 2001 ]

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