Problem with Handedness Switching Randomly in Game
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:46 pm
My son started switch hitting this year. I decided to purchase the TruMedia add on so that he could get a sense of where his weaknesses are in his left handed swing. Oddly enough, TruMedia was telling me that he was facing left handed batters that he was not or taking right handed swings that he has not (there seems to be a paucity of left handed pitchers in Colorado at 12U. We have three on our team and we've seen a grand total of 3 others across 61 travel ball games). Anyway, the point is that when I went to investigate, I found that TruMedia wasn't wrong. Somehow, in some games, the handedness of the pitcher/batter gets switch in a 3rd strike or out situation.
These two images show two sequential pitches to my son:
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/gjmufd4eni2yi ... ched02.PNG" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Originally I thought that this was because my son was formerly a right handed batter and is now a switch hitter. However, after looking at his teammates, some of the kids who are left or right handed only are showing a handful of swings from their off hand. It generally seems to be related to a third strike or an out situation. That's all the information that I have at the moment.
IanK
These two images show two sequential pitches to my son:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8h278tpl3xbom ... ched01.PNG" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gjmufd4eni2yi ... ched02.PNG" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Originally I thought that this was because my son was formerly a right handed batter and is now a switch hitter. However, after looking at his teammates, some of the kids who are left or right handed only are showing a handful of swings from their off hand. It generally seems to be related to a third strike or an out situation. That's all the information that I have at the moment.
IanK