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By Chris Sloan, 0 CommentsTuesday Tips to Tattoo the Ball Check Your Distance Even though it seems inconceivable, so often, youth batters walk up to home, in either games or practice, and set themselves to hit without looking at home plate and/or without measuring for their correct distance from home plate with the bat.
Rickey batting for the Browns in 1906. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Almost every batting lesson I have with youth baseball players I find myself saying, "Check Your Distance," many times. It is almost impossible, especially for young players, to stay in the same, correct spot swing after swing, even when they set-up initially correct. Just being an inch off in any direction is enough to put the all-important sweet spot of the bat in a different position, not to mention possibly throwing the batter's timing off. Because of that importance, baseball coaches must instruct kids to continually find their sweet spot in the batter's box in the following ways:
After playing major league baseball, Jack Perconte has taught baseball and softball since 1988 and offered valuable coaching training too. He has helped numerous youth players reach their potential, as well as having helped parents and coaches navigate their way through the challenging world of youth sports. Jack is one of the leading authorities in the areas of youth baseball training and coaching training advice.
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