Even without the gifs just imagine your DD starting position now place something parallel with her back foot a shoe box, glove anything (you can draw a line or use tape but the feedback is not the same) so that it is just an inch or so away. When she swings her heel should not spin into the object, it should go forward.
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Even without the gifs just imagine your DD starting position now place something parallel with her back foot a shoe box, glove anything (you can draw a line or use tape but the feedback is not the same) so that it is just an inch or so away. When she swings her heel should not spin into the object, it should go forward.
The gifs are from this thread:http://www.discussfastpitch.com/softball-hitting-technical/5961-thoughts-daughters-swing.html
DD on this thread was spinning and how it was corrected.
RDbass
I am seriously thinking you should change your name to FourFrameSwing
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I am seriously thinking you should change your name to FourFrameSwing
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Had a few minutes to compare some differences between your dd swing and Megan May. Hopefully it helps.
LOWER HALF. Your dd weight is on her back foot. She turns her rear knee in, but almost immediately she is pushing back on her front leg, so her weight never shifts off of her rear toes and she spins on an axis.
May coils forward. Hear rear pocket turns toward the ss as her hips come forward. Her weight is still on her rear side. Her rear knee starts turning forward. While her knee is turning forward her hands and back are still loading and holding back. The lower forward and upper holding is creating stretch up her rear side. Her knee continues to turn forward and she launches her swing shifting her weight forward with the swing.
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LOWER HALF. Your dd weight is on her back foot. She turns her rear knee in, but almost immediately she is pushing back on her front leg, so her weight never shifts off of her rear toes and she spins on an axis.
May coils forward. Hear rear pocket turns toward the ss as her hips come forward. Her weight is still on her rear side. Her rear knee starts turning forward. While her knee is turning forward her hands and back are still loading and holding back. The lower forward and upper holding is creating stretch up her rear side. Her knee continues to turn forward and she launches her swing shifting her weight forward with the swing.
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Your dd loads starts loading her back with her elbow and humorous pulling back. Then she flattens her bat. Drops the barrel below her rear shoulders and pulls the barrel around with her arms.
May loads her elbow up, not pinching her scap as much as some mlb players. She does keep her bottom hand relatively under her top hand. Her elbow drops into slot. The stretch from her rear hip to her hands from her rear knee going forward and her back and hands staying rearward pulls on her shoulder and hands. She launches, pulling her rear side forward and at the same time turning the handle of the bat down and rearward whipping it around and forward. Her bat is blurring early in it's movement.
Your dd loads starts loading her back with her elbow and humorous pulling back. Then she flattens her bat. Drops the barrel below her rear shoulders and pulls the barrel around with her arms.
May loads her elbow up, not pinching her scap as much as some mlb players. She does keep her bottom hand relatively under her top hand. Her elbow drops into slot. The stretch from her rear hip to her hands from her rear knee going forward and her back and hands staying rearward pulls on her shoulder and hands. She launches, pulling her rear side forward and at the same time turning the handle of the bat down and rearward whipping it around and forward. Her bat is blurring early in it's movement.
If you watch the barrel paths between the two one is more circular, one is more straight through the ball
Flatening the bat has allot to do with it
You want straight through the ball
SL
Flatening the bat has allot to do with it
You want straight through the ball
SL
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So, is what this dd is doing with her back leg and foot something that is being taught to her?
This is one area that seems to be greatly misunderstood.
What should be done with the foot and leg?
How do you get to the high level movement of the elite hitters?
I use coil foward, uncoil, not much said on the leg and foot, but lots of my students, keep the leg stiff, and do not "get sat",
I have seen so many clips of coaches, even high level coaches, saying drive that knee down and in, this will rotate the hips.
This is one area that seems to be greatly misunderstood.
What should be done with the foot and leg?
How do you get to the high level movement of the elite hitters?
I use coil foward, uncoil, not much said on the leg and foot, but lots of my students, keep the leg stiff, and do not "get sat",
I have seen so many clips of coaches, even high level coaches, saying drive that knee down and in, this will rotate the hips.
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