All that he said made perfect sense and was the same thing that "dong-ed" on me watching the game. That's why we have worked so hard on the mental approach of the box, sometimes to the small decline of mechanics. Vision, processing the visual data, hand to eye coordination, short bat paths, and pure contact is what we have developed over the years.
GD, this is very interesting and very counter to recent trends in fast pitch I think. It's almost an old-school FP mentality whereas the game has turned much more into a power game (look at college home run numbers).
But, and this is a big but, I think any team/program that has a solid philosophy and excellent coaching can rise to the top. Look at the split-hand Louisiana team (I forget their full name).
I appreciated your recent posts on the mental approach in response to my question on that topic. I've mentioned elsewhere that my 1st year 16U team is going to spend more time this winter on mental approach and simplly *squaring up the ball* (similar to that always-line-drive-hitting team in your story) after a fall in which they got twisted around a bit facing better pitching than they were used to. So I am very intrigued by your experiences...
I find your post very interesting. I'm curious how others will view it.
One question: you don't mention slapping, do you put a high priority on it?
TKS