I have 14yr old, very successful switch hitter, that tends to overstride when hitting from the left side. He is right handed, not that it matters.
Any good drills or tips? Don't want to mess him up, he is hitting well for average, hits the ball hard, but can end up too streched out when he is swinging. On the right side he doesn't have this issue.

A generic fix is to place an object in front of his stride foot to keep him from striding too far.

As long as he gets his front foot down in time them it might not be a big deal. Many long striders start too late and lose time. He could be be weak up in the zone as the longer he strides the lower he gets. I bet he like low fastballs

Swingbuster, he loves the ball up and away, we just started this season working on turning on the middle in pitch, if its up he smokes it, if its down he is half pop up, half solid contact. His foot is down and he gets on top of most balls, but his coach mentioned his overstriding and I now notice it also. This switch hitting thing is a ton of work, but my son says its worth it when he faces guys with good slider/curves.

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Originally posted by surflust:
His foot is down and he gets on top of most balls, but his coach mentioned his overstriding and I now notice it also.

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He must hit a lot of ground balls...

We use a 2x6 to help with both stepping toward third and for overstriding. To stay on the board they must shorten their stride.