Lol I have four lefties. I wish I could trade one of them for a right handed utility infielder!
Oh, and let me also add that getting some plastic golf balls, standing about 5 feet away and launching them at their chest from the SIDE (facing them in their stance in the batter’s box, not from a pitching mound) and letting them hit it to the field greatly increases their ability to track the ball. It also forces them to concentrate on the ball, not everything else.
I also had to teach my kids to watch the pitcher’s shoulder on his throwing arm for the delivery to be able to pick up the ball quicker. Most kids watch the pitcher’s head and then track over to his arm to try and get the ball, which puts them at a disadvantage with harder throwing pitchers.
One final thing I did that helped was to color in a big circle with different colors on several balls. I would see the color on the ball when I pitched it to them, but they had to tell me what color it was just by looking at the pitch. No hitting, just stand in the box and try to spot the colored circle as the ball was coming at them. If they got all the colors right, they were done. If not, they had to stand in there until they did.
From a former little league coach.
1. Back elbow shoulder height. Kids tend to drop their elbow and as such cannot get around on the ball fast enough.
2. At this age, no one is throwing an effective curve ball. Have the player line up his front foot at the back of the plate. Kids tend to straddle the plate.
3. You can tell a scared batter by his swing. Instead of stepping into the ball, he will move his back leg further back. Swing will be weak at best.
4. Don’t swing at the ball. Swing through the ball.
5. You will love this one. Double Dutch. Teaches players to roll their wrists and gives them better footwork.