12/08/2012 - Hitting Accelerated Training Weekend (Ages 14-18) John is a strong athletic hitter who shows great potential. Mechanically John is a sound hitter, displaying great hands with a short path, great extension, and excellent barrel delivery. The mechanical issues John runs into is caused by his timing and his tempo, he tends to start the load process late, which also causes him to rush the load and the swing. This at times causes his lower half to get anchored in the swing, which is caused by him being late and rushing his hands to the baseball and becoming disconnected. If John begins the load earlier, and slows it down his load and swing will be smoother, and better connected.