- Aug 12, 2018
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Hi folks, wanted to get your advice on a situation I'm in.
I have a newly converted slapper on my team. She's lightning fast - definitely the right move for her. Thing is, she's mid-journey. She can drag bunt and soft slap from the left for now. No experience in hard slapping and cannot swing away from the left yet. She has a pretty good swing from the right too and I would put her in the contact hitter category. I'm only the 3B coach but I'm certainly lobbying for her to fill the leadoff spot.
Her goal is to be a slapper from the left first.
My question, what's her/our plan when she steps in the box? Start left with drag or soft slap - she makes the call on which based on D? And what about two strikes? How likely is it to be called an out on foul offs?
As I understand things the art of slapping can include the following:
1) drag bunt
2) soft slap (maybe to 5/6 hole)
3) hard slap (over fielders head)
4) chop slap (bounce taking time away from fielders)
Right now, she has 1 and 2 covered. What situations might I need to consider bringing her from the left to the right in order to swing away? Etc...so many questions. lol
This is 14U B BTW. And yes I'm a lucky coach! We're an emerging team so we'll see.
I have a newly converted slapper on my team. She's lightning fast - definitely the right move for her. Thing is, she's mid-journey. She can drag bunt and soft slap from the left for now. No experience in hard slapping and cannot swing away from the left yet. She has a pretty good swing from the right too and I would put her in the contact hitter category. I'm only the 3B coach but I'm certainly lobbying for her to fill the leadoff spot.
Her goal is to be a slapper from the left first.
My question, what's her/our plan when she steps in the box? Start left with drag or soft slap - she makes the call on which based on D? And what about two strikes? How likely is it to be called an out on foul offs?
As I understand things the art of slapping can include the following:
1) drag bunt
2) soft slap (maybe to 5/6 hole)
3) hard slap (over fielders head)
4) chop slap (bounce taking time away from fielders)
Right now, she has 1 and 2 covered. What situations might I need to consider bringing her from the left to the right in order to swing away? Etc...so many questions. lol
This is 14U B BTW. And yes I'm a lucky coach! We're an emerging team so we'll see.
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