In the team setting - which is basically year-round in California - your primary objective is to get the hitter ready for Saturday. Makes it hard to take a long-range view to building a swing,
Most definitely, but it is doable with a lot of work and patience.
and makes it more likely you'll merely put a band-aid on a problem.
That is your opinion and i respect it, but I disagree that it is likely I'm putting a band-aid on the problem.
You find yourself wishing for a month or two with no games so that you can get a little more radical with the hitters.
That happens in the summer for some of the kids. What you are saying is nothing new to me. I've coached at the travel/HS level the past 21 consecutive years. A lot of work, sweat, time, and effort has gone into coaching during these years.
Scott, teaching is satisfying, no doubt.
Mike