Hey all - thanks for the advice yesterday with regards to my concern with my 10 yr old daughter's timing. I think as my daughter moves into a system with faster pitching and continued work with the suggested drills she will be fine.
As I mentioned in yesterday's post I am exposing her to a couple of different travel teams in the area and last night we went to a practice. During hitting drills the coach looked at my daughter's swing and asked me if she had played baseball before and I told him no. When he was talking with her he told her that, while her swing is good, she has a baseball swing and in softball it needs to be flatter through the zone. I didn't say anything but it didn't sound right based on what I've seen being discussed here. He said that because softball pitchers throw underhand and that the pitcher is so close and that you can't tell as easily what is being thrown you need to have the bat in the zone longer (i think). She went ahead and did her normal swings and hit pretty well - even against 50 mph (batting cages) after she caught up to it (it took about 20 pitches).
Anyway - she wasn't as interested in this team as another team she practiced with recently but I was just wondering if there's something I'm missing?
Thanks in advance again!
As I mentioned in yesterday's post I am exposing her to a couple of different travel teams in the area and last night we went to a practice. During hitting drills the coach looked at my daughter's swing and asked me if she had played baseball before and I told him no. When he was talking with her he told her that, while her swing is good, she has a baseball swing and in softball it needs to be flatter through the zone. I didn't say anything but it didn't sound right based on what I've seen being discussed here. He said that because softball pitchers throw underhand and that the pitcher is so close and that you can't tell as easily what is being thrown you need to have the bat in the zone longer (i think). She went ahead and did her normal swings and hit pretty well - even against 50 mph (batting cages) after she caught up to it (it took about 20 pitches).
Anyway - she wasn't as interested in this team as another team she practiced with recently but I was just wondering if there's something I'm missing?
Thanks in advance again!
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