I watched and listened to this video again and he's telling her to "snap the top hand". not stack the hands. She does know what he means when he's giving her these instructions.
14U DD hitting...looking for feedback
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Yes, I mean no more back foot pivot....just a fancy phrase for spinning.....the swing is a throw of the barrel into the ball....the body acts just as it should when throwing a ball including the back foot and leg....cannot transfer weight if your back foot spins as efficiently....everything should work directionally into contact....
Gif from FFS.
Note the rear leg usage here. This is what your DD is presently doing. This is why she is unbalanced at times. Her rear leg/foot spins/bug squishes under her hips.
Please read this thread:http://www.discussfastpitch.com/softball-hitting-technical/5961-thoughts-daughters-swing.html
Start with the bottom half first. Get that right and your DD will be more of a power hitter.
In this gif notice that a box is placed there. If hitter was spinning now will hit the box. One way of see/correcting a spinner. Gets the off rear leg/foot. Instant feedback.
To see/prove if your DD is a spinner place something at rear foot or even put a piece of tape behind rear foot. Then tape and watch.
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The GIFs do not show up for me...is it from another website that I may have to join to view them?
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Gif from FFS.
Note the rear leg usage here. This is what your DD is presently doing. This is why she is unbalanced at times. Her rear leg/foot spins/bug squishes under her hips.
Please read this thread:http://www.discussfastpitch.com/softball-hitting-technical/5961-thoughts-daughters-swing.html
Start with the bottom half first. Get that right and your DD will be more of a power hitter.
In this gif notice that a box is placed there. If hitter was spinning now will hit the box. One way of see/correcting a spinner. Gets the off rear leg/foot. Instant feedback.
To see/prove if your DD is a spinner place something at rear foot or even put a piece of tape behind rear foot. Then tape and watch.
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She is strong. If I had to judge her instructor from just that video, it wouldn't be good. The "wait until the ball is too your front leg" que and idea is good, if the hitter already has a really good swing. Your dd spins (like mts and rdb said), and her power is coming from her spinning torso and arms. Her weight is leaking backwards. Ideally you would like to swing with weight shift into the ball. She has not learned to swing like that, so she spins and leaks back as fast as she can so she can follow her intructors advice of waiting until it gets to her front leg.
You can see her rear leg, hip, back are all powerful...if she is taught how to use them, she will be a weapon!
You can see her rear leg, hip, back are all powerful...if she is taught how to use them, she will be a weapon!
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Alot of upper body no lower body in her swing. No weight shift. Stop the vid around the 3 second mark you can see she is 3/4 hip turn. Shorter stance, longer stride.... walk thru drill would be good for her
Mike Candrea: USA Softball - Hitting Drills - YouTube
He tells her to stay balanced, while I agree...... he is not showing her why she is falling off balance. As many have said she is just spinning the back foot and not throwing the back hip into the front. Maybe getting 60% out of the hips and has a lot more power she could be using. She has fast hands, you can see she has power. Clean up the lower half get her balanced not so tall and really using her hips and that girl would be dangerous. I don't like bat waggle, but that is just me....she is able to get to the ball even with that with her fast hands. Balance, balance, balance. Instructor is all about the hands and maybe that is what they were working on that day, but without the lower half being used properly she is not getting all she can out of her swing. JMHO
