re: Youth baseball coaches/dads - advice please - Update and Thanks to DPD901

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Put a ball on a tee and have him take his stance. Stand where the pitcher would be with a ball and make a pitching motion while he looks at you, but hold the ball and have him hit the one on the tee. What this does is make him rotate his head down to look at the ball on the tee to hit it. This will train him to follow the ball in with his eyes and head when he faces a live pitch.

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DPD,

I wanted to send a quick update and thanks to you for this suggestion. After just a couple of sessions of doing this for a few minutes, something clicked in his head and he was back to normal. He hit a couple in a scrimmage last night and the smile on his face was priceless with the bounce back in his step.

Have an e-beer on me!



Thanks also to all others who offered suggestions.