- May 1, 2011
- 350
- 28
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAa8GO9D83A&feature=youtu.be
9yo DD hits a ball up the middle for a single. Hit pretty solid, but really looks like she's swinging up on the ball, which is something that is relatively new. YouTube Caption says: "Doesn't put the most beautiful swing on this one, but it was effective either way." Truer words have never been spoken. So here's what I'm seeing:
BAD
1. Whenever she takes her hands back, she takes them back low (below the level of her shoulder).
2. After contact, it looks like she kind of shuts down her swing instead of extending through contact.
3. It looks like she almost strides backward a little bit.
4. Watches the ball the whole time she's running down the line.
GOOD
1. Tracking the ball really well.
2. Like the back foot off the ground at contact. Really looks like she's driving instead of just spinning.
3. Really getting good at keeping her hands inside the ball, and hasn't been locking her left arm prematurely.
This was her 5th game of the day. Finally got a chance to get my phone out and video an AB. Had to miss the last game, but we had a 1 hour break in between game 5 and 6. Changed her hand position and had her start with them back and above her shoulders and told her to just go from there. Wife said she hit a laser beam line drive into left center for a double, and another line drive right at the second basemen that got caught for the last out of the game. I'm thinking having her hands there from the start really changed her hand path and might fix the uppercut. Going to do some tee work tomorrow, so we'll see how it looks. As always, she loves the feedback, so don't hold back.
Thanks in advance,
Josh
9yo DD hits a ball up the middle for a single. Hit pretty solid, but really looks like she's swinging up on the ball, which is something that is relatively new. YouTube Caption says: "Doesn't put the most beautiful swing on this one, but it was effective either way." Truer words have never been spoken. So here's what I'm seeing:
BAD
1. Whenever she takes her hands back, she takes them back low (below the level of her shoulder).
2. After contact, it looks like she kind of shuts down her swing instead of extending through contact.
3. It looks like she almost strides backward a little bit.
4. Watches the ball the whole time she's running down the line.
GOOD
1. Tracking the ball really well.
2. Like the back foot off the ground at contact. Really looks like she's driving instead of just spinning.
3. Really getting good at keeping her hands inside the ball, and hasn't been locking her left arm prematurely.
This was her 5th game of the day. Finally got a chance to get my phone out and video an AB. Had to miss the last game, but we had a 1 hour break in between game 5 and 6. Changed her hand position and had her start with them back and above her shoulders and told her to just go from there. Wife said she hit a laser beam line drive into left center for a double, and another line drive right at the second basemen that got caught for the last out of the game. I'm thinking having her hands there from the start really changed her hand path and might fix the uppercut. Going to do some tee work tomorrow, so we'll see how it looks. As always, she loves the feedback, so don't hold back.
Thanks in advance,
Josh
Last edited: