Switch hitting help

[wazzy]

= Hitter who strikes out from both sides of the plate.

Ummm... ok. Thanks for that.

 

[rdbass]

You'll thank me later. There is no need for a switch hitter in softball. Pick a side and be the best hitter.
Not trying to be mean. Just have seen a couple of softball games.

 

[wazzy]

You'll thank me later. There is no need for a switch hitter in softball. Pick a side and be the best hitter.
Not trying to be mean. Just have seen a couple of softball games.

Fair enough, fair enough. Appreciate your perspective, thanks!

 

[BlaineAB]

= Hitter who strikes out from both sides of the plate.

Not necessarily. Just because there's not a lot of switch hitting in fastpitch, doesn't mean it can't be done well.

 

[BlaineAB]

I can make a case that hitting lefty has made my daughter a better hitter from the right side. Unfortunately, I don't have a time machine to go back in time to have her try hitting righty only.

 

[_MIA_]

Not necessarily. Just because there's not a lot of switch hitting in fastpitch, doesn't mean it can't be done well.

There is a reason it is done in baseball and that reason isn't really present in softball. Like I said, the only time I could see it being useful if you had a kid who can run so she slaps from the LH side but hits with a lot of power from the RH side. That said, the way that the game of softball is trening I don't see a lot of coaches choosing the LH slapping version of that hitter very often.

 

[BlaineAB]

Yeah, I've heard that before, but I respectfully disagree.

 

[_MIA_]

Yeah, I've heard that before, but I respectfully disagree.

Heard what..I said a couple of different things....

 

[BlaineAB]

That a softball switch hitter is for power from the right, slapping from the left. It's "a" way to use a switch hitter, not necessarily "the only" way.

 

[_MIA_]

That a softball switch hitter is for power from the right, slapping from the left. It's "a" way to use a switch hitter, not necessarily "the only" way.

Tell me why baseball hitters switch hit...