A message to coaches from a pitching instructor.

[BucketDud]

I think the Fairy has a heart and eventually just takes pity on the poor fathers and leaves the kids alone..maybe you pissed her off in a previous life?

My kid's Swing Fairy has two names: You Tube and Tik Tok

 

[_MIA_]

Exactly and every player's body moves in different ways, so idea everyone's stance and swing should be the same

Does he have male hitters and if so does he do the same with them? I tend to find some hitting instructors seem to handcuff female hitters sometimes...

 

[RADcatcher]

Does he have male hitters and if so does he do the same with them?

Good question

I tend to find some hitting instructors seem to handcuff female hitters sometimes...

??? How??? Are you saying teaches female hitters mechanics differently?
Handcuff?

 

[_MIA_]

Good question

??? How??? Are you saying teaches female hitters mechanics differently?

They tend to try and cookie cutter hitters like @BucketDud is talking about (here is how we stand, here is our handset, etc...). Maybe instructors do the same thing for boys and they just don't listen (and I said SOME..not all)

Go watch a 10U baseball game and then a 10U softball game..the differences are noticeable..

 

[BucketDud]

Does he have male hitters and if so does he do the same with them? I tend to find some hitting instructors seem to handcuff female hitters sometimes...

Not since I have known him, but maybe in the beginning. Many describe him as tough and gruff.

I think he honestly just believes it is the only way to hit. Obviously that is crazy to me, but guess give him props for building a business sticking to one method and one only.

 

[BucketDud]

They tend to try and cookie cutter hitters like @BucketDud is talking about (here is how we stand, here is our handset, etc...). Maybe instructors do the same thing for boys and they just don't listen (and I said SOME..not all)

Go watch a 10U baseball game and then a 10U softball game..the differences are noticeable..

This 100%

DD did her hitting lessons in a facility that was 90% baseball. They would be running 10 kids per cage through and the variation in the swings was just insane.

And also how bad some of them were fundamentally. Think maybe because boys are stronger at young age and can still hit despite massive mechanical flaws.

 

[_MIA_]

Not since I have known him, but maybe in the beginning. Many describe him as tough and gruff.

I think he honestly just believes it is the only way to hit. Obviously that is crazy to me, but guess give him props for building a business sticking to one method and one only.

Believing in one set of mechanics is one thing..believing in one style (eg setup) is entirely different.

 

[BucketDud]

Believing in one set of mechanics is one thing..believing in one style (eg setup) is entirely different.

I had maybe 5-6 hitters work with him through years. He taught hitting down on ball and lot of forward tilt.

The ones it worked well for had a shorter, stronger build. But taller girls.....oh man it was a disaster. Generally they moved on after few months.

 

[RADcatcher]

They tend to try and cookie cutter hitters like @BucketDud is talking about (here is how we stand, here is our handset, etc...). Maybe instructors do the same thing for boys and they just don't listen (and I said SOME..not all)

Go watch a 10U baseball game and then a 10U softball game..the differences are noticeable..

Have seen that. bb see a lot of kids standing straight up at that young age swinging. Giant almost lunging strides and Swinging for the Moon.
The influencer could be baseball players at a young age that want to emulate their favorite player in the MLB.

Probably there are a lot less young girls following favorite fastpitch players.
Figuring it out without a role model.

 

[_MIA_]

Swinging for the Moon.

I'd rather have to reign in a kid's aggressiveness then try and squeeze it out of them when they are older..especially if the kid is athletic. I do agree that boys may try and emulate MLB players.