How do you teach a 13/14 year old to hit the ball 300 ft?

[Drill]

IMHO - without any scientific data or clips and just based on my experience watching my own son grow. My son is very limber, to the point he can go into yoga positions that would put me in traction.

But some kids are like that, I feel that as a child gets older that they build muscle and cartilage hardens to the point to where you can have better feeling of your body coiling and releasing in a swing.

My son is 13/14 in Aug and weight is 107 lbs. 5'7". This past year he started preseason JV work out. What I am saying as a child goes from child to young man muscle builds up and helps to create more coil in the body.

My son did not strike out one time this year, but he did ground out a lot and towards the end of the season started hitting hard shoots and line drive up the middle. He has graduated to the large field this past season and coming to age for a boy that is behind in age and size for JV this year. Because of working out and getting stronger under a supervised trainer.

One day he will wake up and hit it over the fence, its called growth and maturity and the will to do it.

So how can you teach a kid that has a good swing hitting the ball 200 ft. on a small field to hitting the ball 320 ft large field?

Even if you have the perfect swing can it be done for the average child?

I bring this up because of seeing all the swing videos for young ens and parents like me who want there sons to try and do there best. I can buy all the private lessons swing DVDs I want to but if the strength is not there it is my opinion that you just have to let nature take its course.


There are threads here that compare MLB players to 10 year old. I know they are trying to compare swings and or certain positions, but there are some thread that imply that this is how its done, But how is it really done for a child or even a young man before they are totally mature.

Oh and one last thought, I was watching the college world series and they were talking about when this player matures in size he will be able to pitch better in his future MLB career

That left even more questions.


make love not war,


drill

[TG Coach]

So how can you teach a kid that has a good swing hitting the ball 200 ft. on a small field to hitting the ball 320 ft large field?

You don't change a thing. You tell him to keep hitting line drives. As he gets bigger and stronger the pitcher's mistakes go for a ride.

My son was 5', 100 when he was twelve. He hit a bunch of fence scraper homers in LL. The next year in 13U on the 60/90 he was 5'2" 115. Those hits were now solid singles and doubles. He did turn on a couple for 275' homers down the line. As a 5'11", 145 freshmen in high school he's sent some balls for some serious rides. What changed in his swing? Absolutely nothing. He only got bigger and stronger.

The funniest question was from a dad who asked how I helped my son increase his pitching velocity to 80 mph this year. I gave a simple response, "I fed him and watched him grow." He grew seven inches last year.

[korp]

So how can you teach a kid that has a good swing hitting the ball 200 ft. on a small field to hitting the ball 320 ft large field?

You don't change a thing. You tell him to keep hitting line drives. As he gets bigger and stronger the pitcher's mistakes go for a ride.

My son was 5', 100 when he was twelve. He hit a bunch of fence scraper homers in LL. The next year in 13 on the 60/90 he was 5'2" 115. Those hits were now solid singles and doubles. A did turn on a couple for 275' homers down the line. As a 5'11", 145 freshmen in high school he's sent some balls for some serious rides. What changed in his swing? Absolutely nothing. He only got bigger and stronger.

The funniest question was from a dad who asked how I helped my son increase his pitching velocity to 80 mph this year. I gave a simple response, "I fed him and watched him grow." He grew seven inches last year.
Agree ... distance on balls comes with your strength ... just because you can hit a ball out on a small field does not mean it will translate onto the big field. Size for the majors usually is even more to prevent injury and can add mph to your fastball because you will be trained by professionals whos job is to make you perform even better. Lots of players may train in college/high school but training wrong happens alot I'm sure and thats where the pro trainers come in .. they have years of experience (in many athletes not just one) in what will work good for the sport.

[phantom]

If he's hitting it good now, your half way there. Now all you'll need is size and strength.

Once you got all of those, size, strength, technique behind him......a nice $400 composite bat won't hurt his chances for that long ball......but I'd much rather take a kid that hits alot of singles and doubles over one that will occasionally hit a dinger and make outs the rest of the time.

technology of bats have definitely changed the kids game.