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Oct 26, 2012
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Latest BP cuts.



Made some small adjustments. Has been hitting the ball really well lately. Thoughts ?

Thx,
Batdragon
 
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Jan 24, 2009
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Sorry BD, but I would have her try to emulate the January swing... more athletic, better seperation, tighter hand path, considerably better lower body, and of course way more natural/less forced looking.

Then again, I could be wrong.
 

coachbob

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If I may ask; What adjustments did you make and why? I'm also curious as to what level of ball she plays.

CB
 
Oct 26, 2012
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Look at her COG.

Yes, RHC ...we have been playing around with COG. It appears that COG is what primarily controls the swing plane. If COG is too far back the swing may be too up for the plane of the pitch. If its too far forward then the swing may be too flat or at its worse ...down.

Basically the location of COG needs to correspond to the angle and location of the pitch. In softball the COG would typically be a little more forward than baseball because the pitch plane is flatter.

Its actually pretty cool.

Here is her swing with COG a little further back.

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Jan 6, 2009
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Sorry BD, but I would have her try to emulate the January swing... more athletic, better seperation, tighter hand path, considerably better lower body, and of course way more natural/less forced looking.

Then again, I could be wrong.

Exactly. Notice in the new swing she is "rising", head actually move up as she is also loading the back arm rather high. And then she is "falling" and unloading back down.

I like the old swing way better.
 

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