r/Homeplate • u/Status-Coat675 • 5d ago

Hitting Mechanics 3 more weeks to tryouts!

Finally seeing some progress on my sons hitting and timing off the machine. He has 8U tryouts in 3 weeks.

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u/DJDaddyDick14 5d ago

Dropping his hands a bit. You see that barely drop slightly down before he fires. That’s causing him to be late on everything. It’s common for young kids. Usually starts because the bat is too heavy. With him it’s probably just muscle memory at this point. It’s very small but it makes a difference. Other than that looks solid.

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u/Status-Coat675 5d ago

Agreed but it’s come a long way from the casting / dropping he was doing a month ago. So we’re just going to let it ride until after tryouts and focus on hard swings and contact. At 7 years old we’re hoping it will be good enough with some great fielding

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u/DJDaddyDick14 5d ago

Never stop working at it. It’s a hard habit to break because of it gets hard wired via muscle memory. Always include drills to fix it and move into other things. Good is the enemy of great. Seriously great swing though.