Mark,
We may try to get him on a traveling team next season (or in the fall league). We are pretty new where we live and we really haven't been approached by any of the teams. I mean their not in the phone book.
Again, if he wants to play on a traveling team that is fine....but I"m not going to push it. It's his choice. He loves his friends he playes with and they are having a ball.
I'll tell you this....funny how this game can humble you. Last year my boy had a batting average of .933 over the short fall season. This year something has happened and he's not hitting near as good. I can't figure it out, we've worked and worked and his mechanics are good. For some reason he is hitting down on the ball and the ball hardly goes out of the infield. He works every day on his hitting but we cant' seem to solve the problem. Now try and figure this out..I can't. A couple of weeks ago all of the teams in our area had a big get together. At the end of the games we had a home run hitting contest. My boy won. It was the only ball he has hit "well" in several weeks and he hasn't hit a ball that good since. He has the ability but for some reason he isn't able to hit this year. His pitching is outstanding but his hitting isn't doing so well. Imagine at the beginning of this season, we were confident of his hitting but doubtful of his pitching. Now it is just the oposite.
I'll tell you what changed his pitching. I bought the Cal Ripkin video on how to pitch. My boy took to it like a duck to water. Since he watched that video his pitching has been lights out and he has learned to throw his fastball for strikes and he has a changeup that is far better than mine. I don't know how he does it but his changeup moves...My changeup just sits in the air and begst to be hit hard.
If anyone has any tips on why a kid keeps hitting down on the ball I'm all ears. He's not driving the ball like he was last year.
We may try to get him on a traveling team next season (or in the fall league). We are pretty new where we live and we really haven't been approached by any of the teams. I mean their not in the phone book.
Again, if he wants to play on a traveling team that is fine....but I"m not going to push it. It's his choice. He loves his friends he playes with and they are having a ball.
I'll tell you this....funny how this game can humble you. Last year my boy had a batting average of .933 over the short fall season. This year something has happened and he's not hitting near as good. I can't figure it out, we've worked and worked and his mechanics are good. For some reason he is hitting down on the ball and the ball hardly goes out of the infield. He works every day on his hitting but we cant' seem to solve the problem. Now try and figure this out..I can't. A couple of weeks ago all of the teams in our area had a big get together. At the end of the games we had a home run hitting contest. My boy won. It was the only ball he has hit "well" in several weeks and he hasn't hit a ball that good since. He has the ability but for some reason he isn't able to hit this year. His pitching is outstanding but his hitting isn't doing so well. Imagine at the beginning of this season, we were confident of his hitting but doubtful of his pitching. Now it is just the oposite.
I'll tell you what changed his pitching. I bought the Cal Ripkin video on how to pitch. My boy took to it like a duck to water. Since he watched that video his pitching has been lights out and he has learned to throw his fastball for strikes and he has a changeup that is far better than mine. I don't know how he does it but his changeup moves...My changeup just sits in the air and begst to be hit hard.
If anyone has any tips on why a kid keeps hitting down on the ball I'm all ears. He's not driving the ball like he was last year.
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