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I asked this same question to my 12 yr old DD's coach at the beginning of this season, and he explained it as having to train the girls to put effort into their swing. Basically, he said that when teaching girls to swing, they tend to be timid, and not swing through the ball like the boys do. Hitting their shoulder forced them to go "all the way around" and show power in their swing. Boys have the natural upper body strength that the girls tend to not have. Both a physical and a psychological thing.
That was his explanation... sounded good to me... but if there's another logical explanation, I'd love to hear it.
[Edited by SRW on Jun 30th, 2005 at 05:45 PM]
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