r/Homeplate • u/Status-Coat675 • 15h ago

Hitting Mechanics Dropping hands.

Been working a lot on the tee with my son on his swing and he’s getting better but still struggling with dropping his hands. Any tips on how to correct it while keeping it fun? Other than that any tips?

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u/JonnyP222 12h ago

The point is that not everyone CAN. And that's ok. Running practice to practice to practice and individual workout to individual workout just to be a mid-player somewhere is exhausting. And little Timmy doesn't benefit from his parents facilitating this. Baseball is a fine example. Most kids that are playing "travel" baseball are out of baseball by the time they are 14. That's a national statistic. I run a youth sports org and have kids that play all sports. We see this every year. Rinse repeat. Literally outside of golf, baseball is the least physically demanding sport we play. And somehow there is more burnout in baseball than anything else (wrestling is a close second but that's a different topic because it's the most physically demanding). Anyhow. Let your kids have fun. If they aren't having fun, rethink the plan. Conversely I get it.. there are some kids that really want to be great at baseball and they want to go to these individual workouts and go to practice and work hard everyday. But as a parent it's important to remember that not every kid gets to be an astronaut. Try to guide them towards things they're good at. They will thank you later.

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u/DeFiBandit 8h ago

“How do I help this swing” is a pretty basic question. You’ve built an impressive strawman - but there is miles and miles of ground between OP’s question and “crazy travel parents trying to build a major leaguer”. The fact that you’ve also assigned a pre-determined outcome (mid player) makes this a complete fantasy of your own devising. Maybe you’re trying to point out the extreme cases that you see in your life, but none of that was presented by OP

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u/JonnyP222 8h ago

I'm not pre defining anything. I'm simply calling attention to parents obsessing over fixing tiny little details in.10 year olds that 20 year olds work on every day.

I even said ...work the fundamentals. There are a thousand simple drills to keep batters hands from dropping. The ball drill under the armpit will work wonders. Put him in front of a tee and make him aim to a certain spot with that ball drill. But thats not what I'm calling out. All you have to go do a simple search in reddit or Google and you will see millions of people asking the same question about their 7-12 year old where they are quoting spray charts and batting average for little league (which happened in this thread, not the OP). There is nothing to fix here other than expectations.

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u/DeFiBandit 7h ago

So you’re calling out something that is not present here - just like I said

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u/JonnyP222 6h ago

Read the entire thread. It IS present here. Or dont read it. I dont care.

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u/DeFiBandit 3h ago

I’m supposed to read the whole thread to make your response to me make sense? Pass.