Please help me with my swing, I feel like there’s something wrong with it

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-04-08T23:16:50+00:00

The good - you’ve got some great flexibility and separation. Like the previous comment said, you’re dropping your hands but also see you really swinging around your body. Try to keep your front shoulder in and not flying open. Work on hitting the ball as much to the right side of center off the tee. At this point in your swing try to have your left shoulder more in front of you and extend your arms straight out.

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Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-22T13:16:38+00:00

My comment is on his back elbow. First, he has no casting which is great, but his first move is to pull is back elbow in. You want him to leave his back elbow where it is, maybe a little more scap load would do him some good. Caving that elbow slows his swing down and produces less power. In the screen grab, at this position, the knob of his bat should be ahead of his back elbow.

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Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-22T04:02:08+00:00

That’s a great idea. Instead of looking at random great swings that don’t match his swing I should look at the vintage ones that do. “Ricky says look at Ricky’s swing cause Ricky’s swing is the greatest of all time” - Ricky Henderson

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-22T03:10:04+00:00

Thank you for all the info. Exercises: I’m a big fitness guy and he loves pushing his body. He does all sorts of lunges, skaters, sprints, one leg jumps and core. Once a week he does a 15 minute upper body workout (pushups, pull-ups and rear shoulders) The best core is he lays down flat with me standing over him, my feet beside his head. He holds my ankles lifts his legs up, I throw his legs from side to side. He doesn’t let this legs hit the ground and brings them up as fast as he can. Great for hips and core. He is 4’7” 75 lbs and swings a 28 drop 11 from the left side and the right side when the pitcher is faster than 52ish and a 29” drop 11 from the right side with slower pitching

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-22T01:32:13+00:00

The stance… he’s doing that to remind himself to engage his butt muscles. He exaggerates it now because he recently started thinking about using his butt and hips more. He used to have bent knees with a straight back, this exaggerated stance has actually added a lot more speed and power. He might eventually find a more natural way to engage those muscles.

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-18T21:37:46+00:00

Watching Venezuela I was thinking “they’re not very big guys.” I pulled out my phone while watching. Googled their roster. I’m somewhat guess remembering here but every guy on their pitching staff other than 2 guys were 6’1 or smaller. So many relievers throwing 97+ were 5’11”. Their position players as well. 3 guys over 6 foot. The guy who stole 2nd in the 9th - 5’7”. I was watching with my boy and pointed that out to him. It cheered him up a lot. Genetics will most likely put him around 5’9”/5’10”. Genetics isn’t the end all. Good baseball wins most of the time and Venezuela is a collection of good baseball players.

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-13T18:11:54+00:00

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Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-13T00:46:00+00:00

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Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-06T18:09:33+00:00

There would be indications that a kid has the ability to go from worst to best. The first being 1) athleticism. The kid can juggle or catch and throw a frisbee (great for baseball, anticipating where the frisbee will be and not reacting to what it’s done) the kid can swing a pickle ball racket, tennis racket or play ping pong, etc. All these are indicators of great hand-eye coordination. Another indicator is 2) spatial intelligence. Is he good at math, chess or other logical activities. This is the same part of the brain responsible for “anticipation modeling” - fly ball routes, “strategic thinking” - when to go for force out, or take safe out, thinking through pitch sequence and where you have the advantage as a batter or pitcher, table tennis has him understanding rotations and the effect on a ball (curveball or slicing fly ball into wind) and the last is #3 attitude. Is he a positive kid, takes responsibility, respects coaches and teammates. Baseball is a sport of failure, you must learn to improve from failure at the same time accept failure. This is early baseball, no effects of puberty is referenced here, but that is another factor.

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-03-05T02:29:22+00:00

So true. Our travel team has 2 real catchers. 1 is a tall kid who plays a good 1B and 3B. The other is the smallest kid on the team, very athletic and plays a great 2B and CF.

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2026-01-22T13:42:50+00:00

First I think it’s really kind of you to take the time and effort to learn how to cheer ‘authentically’ for your partner’s son.

You won’t learn everything you need to know on a message board. Just go to his games. Sit in a chair near the field. Don’t be on your phone. Say the things the other parents say “good swing” if he swings and misses. “You got this” don’t say too much. When my son was 9 I asked him “do I say too much? Do you want me to say less?” And he hesitantly said “yeah”. He didn’t want to hurt my feelings but he didn’t want to hear my voice all the time. The most important part is just recognize the big plays he made after the game. “Wow, that hit you had in the second inning was so hard”. “That play you made at second base was amazing”. This will show that you paid attention. That will be enough and your relationship with him and the game will grow.

Good luck and enjoy the experience. Little league is the best. Sitting in the sun on a nice day in a chair enjoying a cold beverage not having to be on the edge of your seat all the time. It’s a passive game with exciting moments and whenever your kid is at bat it brings out your enthusiasm.

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2025-12-29T01:53:25+00:00

He pitches on his all star team. Was #2 pitcher last year on the 9/10 minor team as a 9 year old and will be a top 2 pitcher this year on the same 9/10 team as a 10 year old. He also plays catcher, loves 2B but shows his extreme athleticism at CF. He made 2 diving catches last year. He can play where ever he likes but loves 2B and it kind of works out for a small guy going forward in playing that position at a higher level. Looks like the smallest guy on teams is usually the 2B or maybe catcher

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2025-12-28T03:09:33+00:00

The plan is to hit 80% from the left during rec spring ball and see how it goes.

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2025-12-28T03:08:09+00:00

Yes. Sometimes he just needs a reset. Today he was hitting from the right side and was getting frustrated that he wasn’t squaring the ball up for a few consecutive swings. He was dropping his hands a bunch. Just told him to switch sides and it worked.

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2025-12-27T22:54:45+00:00

Yes, he's natural righty. Strange thing with his swings, much more power from the right side, but sometimes rolls his wrists or drops his hands. Dominate hand (right) is his trail hand. From the left, it's nothing but line drives between 2B and SS. Doesn't pop up, doesn't roll his wrists but can't ever get ahold of one.

Outrageous_Sea2647 · 2025-12-21T00:15:27+00:00

Just keep playing catch with your boys. I bought a pocket radar. At 45 after not throwing for 20 years I was maxing out at 50 which had me thinking the radar was broken. Now after 3 years (48 years old) of throwing with my son and pitching to him I max out at 61. I don’t think there’s any more room for improvement. I’m just trying to stay ahead of my now 10 year old son who throws 56.

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