- Jun 12, 2015
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I've learned a ton about pitching here and I've been very focused on that. I still am! But we went to a hitting lesson today, first one, and I thought, wow, I have no earthly idea if this is right or wrong, what a good swing is, etc. Clueless! On the pitching side it's all, go read these stickies. Are there key stickies for hitting too?
My DD has a kind of balanced swing naturally. Her weight is fairly evenly distributed, and she moves her weight forward onto her front foot when she swings through. The coach who we worked with today teaches weight on the back foot with a very wide stance, bat further forward than she's used to with the bottom of the bat kind of pointing at home plate, fast hands, and ending the swing with the front leg straight, back leg bent. Just watching her, it seemed like she was getting more power with this method. But it also feels very weird for her, and I figure I should do some independent research before we retrain her. She said she did like it though, that it felt weird but not bad. He seemed to know his stuff to me. She's concerned her dad will be like, no no no, that's all wrong, and make her do something different again. lol
What say you, knowledgeable hitting peeps?
My DD has a kind of balanced swing naturally. Her weight is fairly evenly distributed, and she moves her weight forward onto her front foot when she swings through. The coach who we worked with today teaches weight on the back foot with a very wide stance, bat further forward than she's used to with the bottom of the bat kind of pointing at home plate, fast hands, and ending the swing with the front leg straight, back leg bent. Just watching her, it seemed like she was getting more power with this method. But it also feels very weird for her, and I figure I should do some independent research before we retrain her. She said she did like it though, that it felt weird but not bad. He seemed to know his stuff to me. She's concerned her dad will be like, no no no, that's all wrong, and make her do something different again. lol
What say you, knowledgeable hitting peeps?