Swing Feedback Requested, 10YO

straightleg · Oct 7, 2016

Above: The upper and lower have become disconnected. Bat plane and shoulder plane do not stay equal to impact. Upper body powered swing
The fix will be in getting that right...

Below....
Sorry to be so sexy... Couple weeks ago was going dove hunting that morning.
If you position your back to the one blue tape and go slow motion (matrix) to impact and stop...the bat should plane in with the amount of shoulder tilt. This slow motion is for the feeling of staying connected and working on your sequence

SL

rdbass · Oct 7, 2016

Same leveling/level to the ball swing minus the upper body lunge. I'll ask again....you need to put a plate down. Then you need your DD to get set at that plate like she would in a game. Then you need to place the tee for a down the middle strike. As it is now like I have been saying the tee is to far away(to far towards the other batter box) from your DD. With a tee properly place will help your DD figure out how to TILT DOWN WITH HER BODY AND NOT HER HANDS AND ARMS.

Your welcome for the gif/gifs.

Shawn · Oct 7, 2016

The last clip is better as far as not leaning forward.

Here's the issue. She starts with the hands above the shoulder plane. So the launch starts with the hands too high. So to make up for the high hands you would have to swing down more creating ground balls.

To create the a b c swing you need to understand posture. How posture creates the swing plane. Right now posture is not playing a big enough role. For example in the green shirt swing she has the hands way to high and then swing down across the shoulder plane. In fact she does swing down better in that clip. As compared to the second/orange shirt swing where you have more early arcing and swinging down. If you teach high hands and no knowledge of posture then the first clip is the way to go.

Shawn · Oct 7, 2016

rdbass said:
Same leveling/level to the ball swing minus the upper body lunge. I'll ask again....you need to put a plate down. Then you need your DD to get set at that plate like she would in a game. Then you need to place the tee for a down the middle strike. As it is now like I have been saying the tee is to far away(to far towards the other batter box) from your DD. With a tee properly place will help your DD figure out how to TILT DOWN WITH HER BODY AND NOT HER HANDS AND ARMS.

Your welcome for the gif/gifs.

The Pujols picture shows good posture and swing plane alingment.

Don't get me wrong I believe in the back elbow up (not above the shouders) and the back elbow lowering (swinging down). Although the hands don't drop while this happens. I do believe in swinging in a sense. Just not the way your daughter is doing it. The swing down portion happens at the beginning of the swing and not at the end of the swing as seen in the clip posted above of the end of the swing.

Shawn · Oct 7, 2016

The newest clip is not to bad as far as the lowerbody/hips. I will look at it frame by frame, but the the posture back/forward looks better. But the posture over the plate is not good.

I don't like the hands above the back elbow. They should be at the same height and nether should be above the shoulders. You might find some hitter with a higher back elbow during the load. but the hands don't really get above the back shoulder. These are the hitters who say they swing down and through the ball. Yes there is a swing down portion to the swing as the back elbow lowers, although they also have good posture as shown in the Pujols picture.

So in a nut shell Posture.

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