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Aug 19, 2013
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So DD has the same hitting coach as a nother player for the last 9 months. He has told my DD right handed to hit inside pitch to left side, he tells another player to hit inside up the
Middle. So I call him. He says that every hitting should try and hit a inside pitch up the middle.
I have course don't agree with that. Any thoughts?


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So DD has the same hitting coach as a nother player for the last 9 months. He has told my DD right handed to hit inside pitch to left side, he tells another player to hit inside up the
Middle. So I call him. He says that every hitting should try and hit a inside pitch up the middle.
I have course don't agree with that. Any thoughts?


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I never understood the concept of hitting everything up the middle especially the inside pitch but I do know some hitting instructors teach it. I say if you can get the barrel on the ball and drive it who cares were it goes.


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The High Level Swing is, for lack of a better word, "designed" to hit a line drive to the middle third of the outfield no matter where the pitch is located contrary to popular belief. In other words, an inside pitch should go to left center field on a line drive preferably. If the timing is not what it should be, i.e. early, left field. That said, there's a possibility that your DD's hitting coach sees something in your DD's timing of her swing or the timing of the ball that makes him want her to try and be a tad early. Without actually seeing her swing via any type of video, it makes it extremely difficult to second guess him or her.
 
Aug 19, 2013
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Yocoach, I thought the same thing. Why would he teach one girl one thing then another a different way. That's why I called him. He said every pitch every player should try to drive to center. Even though he said its probably not going there. He said the reason is if u try to drive a inside pitch to left u will foul it off. I can see if u have a player that does foul off the inside pitch by telling her to hit up the middle she's probably going to hit to left, not the case here.


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Jun 12, 2015
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I want to teach mine to stop hitting it up the middle. I have lost count of how many times she's gotten a great hit to the outfield...directly into the center fielder's glove. Like, they barely have to move to catch it.
 

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