Linear Vs Rotational Hitting Instruction

Question
Hello Tom,
My daughter has been a rotational hitter all her life. She is 16 now. On her JV High School team she batted .417. I switched her to a new travel team and the coach teaches linear hitting. The coach is trying to convert my daughter to linear hitting. And up to now my daughter is struggling at the plate batting around .250 or so. Is my daughter too set in her ways to switch at this time? Should I have the coach stop switching her and have her switch back to rotational? Thank you.

Answer
Sean,

I won't go into what I think about the two different style, it really doesn't matter in the middle of the summer.

The .417 v .250 could be a result of better pitching at 16U travel v high school JV. Girls in our area lose 25% of the average from high school to travel.  Travel team defenses make plays not seen in high school and the pitching is better.

It takes a ton of reps to drive in a certain set of hitting mechanics.  I work with what the kids bring me and try to improve it, not change it.  There just isn't enough time mid season to change style.  If there is going to be a change, it should be started this fall for next year.

Talk to the coach, explain to him that you are open minded but think that trying to change now is hurting her.

Tom