Who in the hell would teach hitting ground balls!? Ground balls produce the lowest batting average and OBP! The coach needs to go.
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In my experience most coaches know what a good swing Looks like and they recognize when they see it. They don't prefer a swing that goes down. What happens is that they see different things than what actually happens. For example every Coach in MLB will love Cabreras swing but they actually see him Swinging down and pushing the knob.
That happens even with many MLB Players themselves, they actually feel like they swing down even if they don't but that does not mean they don't recognize a pro swing and prefer a guy who actually swings down.
If you Show a "swing down" guy a swing of a real chopper he will still see that that swing is flawed but probably will find another Explanation for the swing failing.
Most People know a good swing when they see it (even a non knowledgeable Person sees that griffey has a pretty swing), they just differ on how to get there.
So chances are if you have a truely high Level swing that gets results the Coach will like it and he will actually see the things he teaches in it despite something different Happening.