Posted by: patrick (pmgeoeiiee@yahoo.com) on Mon Sep 13 07:11:57 2010

> I have a 13 year old player who bats lefty, He has a bad habit of overstriding during a pitch. As a result, his timing and power has been effected. Does anyone have any ideas or drills to correct this problem.

I would have him understand why he is overstriding. Sometimes overstriding might be a problem, sometimes its only part of the problem, and sometimes its not a problem at all. But to answer your question, using a bucket as a marker would help or tieing some rope around his feet as an indicator of actual stride length.