The Perfect Swing

The first question parents ask when teaching a ball player how to swing. Is there such a thing as the perfect swing? The answer is yes and no. There are steps a player can take to perfect their swing. Players that have a natural approach to swinging the bat are more reliant on a comfortable stance and swing. Players that are taught to swing the bat through techniques are more reliant on a step-by-step process. So, the question becomes which is the best approach to the perfect swing. 

According to https://probaseballinsider.com/baseball-instruction/fundamentals-of-hitting/ testimonial's the proper fundamentals to refine their mechanics to their swing has helped them improve. When it comes to the debate of the perfect swing https://yougoprobaseball.com/hitting-mechanics-swing/ believes the same thing. Soild fundamentals change batter’s hitting for the best. But when I asked a league member of a youth softball league if there is such a thing as the perfect swing. His answer was no, I asked if he could explain that statement. His answer was interesting with each new year of softball / baseball we see coaches come and go. Most coaches are volunteers at a youth level. And they always have their own children on the team. The sport is very family and friend oriented. 

It is unlike any other sport available to young people. People have different perspectives and techniques of the game. True, you are always going to have that one coach that has played college ball or even been to the minor leagues. And to be honest they are usually the best coaches. They usually are the team that wins the most championships at a youth level. But they do not always have the best hitters on their team no matter how hard they try to coach players.

That a more natural approach to hitting is key. When I talk to parents of great hitters and ask how they got so good. It is always some type of silly or crazy story. That they hit rocks with sticks or even hit lighting bugs out of the sky at night. They never took a lesson in hitting a ball. They just think it is a silly question. That they are just children and are having fun in sports. Then smile and walk away from the conversation. 

But when I talk to parents that have put their children in hitting lessons at $50 to $100 dollars an hour. They say something quite different, that it is more of an investment in their children's future in sport. That even if they are not the best hitters in the league. When the game is on the line players that have been coached up and have taken lessons shine like gold every time. They are less likely to go into a hitting slump or even crack under pressure. They also hit the ball farther. And all their hard work pays off in the end. The truth of the matter is that some children mature faster than others. Then the conversation abruptly ends.

No matter how you look at it in youth baseball, the perfect swing is a debate among many people. Everyone has their own approach to helping perfect the swing. But the ones that manage to do so go on to improved things in baseball.