There is so much focus on the home run in major league baseball. Is it good for young players to swing for the fences?
In my teachings of ballplayers I focus on squaring up the ball. That also means putting the good part of the bat on the ball. If you take a good swing and hit the ball on the barrel it will go hard and fast. You want to develop a good consistent swing. The better your swing the more consistent of a hitter you will become. The rest takes care of itself. I have many hitters that when they were 12 they could just barely clear the infield. They had good swings and could hit line drives but just were not quite strong enough to do much more than that. As they got older the ball started going further and further until they were hitting the ball over the fence. The goal of a hitter is to hit line drives and hit the ball hard.
