My daughter participated in a pretty big showcase this weekend. She’s been struggling this Fall with hitting. Actually this has been going on since last Spring. Pretty much her hitting instructor has been learning new stuff and he’s adjusting her swing to what he is learning and evolving himself in. It’s a method he believes in. He believes it will actually get her more power than she had before. Last Fall she was hitting around .600 with a slugging percentage of .800. Problem is she’s struggling a bit. However, she absolutely believes in what he says. Over this past summer her TB coach (16u) hated her swing and also had a bit of a control/anger issue. So she says the summer was a complete waste because he was constantly working against what she was trying to do and it ended up being a train wreck. She changed teams in August and moved up to 18’s. Thankfully her new coach is more patient. So in her mind, since August she’s been able to work better on it, without pressure and she did start making more contact for some solid hits. But her strike out amount was still way higher than it should be. This is happening at the absolute worse time as we are entering the thick of recruitment. Thankfully defensively she’s doing well. Yesterday our Fall showcase season ended. She was feeling pretty down because a coach came out to watch her. She didn’t hit well. She sent him an email thanking him, and briefly mentioned that her hitting coach changed something on her swing and she’s working through that right now. (I don’t know if that was ok to do, but my feeling is it was ok). She’s not making excuses she really is adapting to some stuff. She also feels more reps over winter will help. To my surprise, his response was short but it was positive. He said he would see her again. It made her feel better.
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