Lone Staarr wrote:All I can say is that I'm no expert on the mechanics and all of the swing but back in my time I told my daughter to swing down on the ball. She hit well enough to earn a D1 scholarship.
Problem with my daughter was first movement of her arms were to drop them and completely swing upwards. Lots of pop-ups or 2 foot ground balls. So it help her with her swing.
Told her to hit top half... Harder to field a ground ball under pressure. Just sayin...
If you want to hit fly balls all of the time youre being selfish. Complete player can hit to all fields including the dirt and air. Thats the hitter I want.
Look at major league baseball they are all trying to swing for the fences. They are not trying to hit line drives because isnt that the best outcome of a hit ball?
I dont have the stats but how many major league baseball players are hitting over .300?
.02 cents worth for you. Just an opinion...
I agree with this, but unfortunately it seems to me that college coaches feel that unless you're a slapper you need to be swinging for the fence. I'm sure that's a big part of it, right? Unless you're going to hit consistent extra base hits we've got smaller girls with more speed that can "get on base" (and bunt).
DD has a new hitting coach now that she's in college so it will be interesting to see how this affects her swing, power, and average.