just looking for something to help my 10dd activate and use her hips when swinging. just cant get her to pop her hips at the beginning of her swing.
IMO, many of the comments here and about hitting are BS.just looking for something to help my 10dd activate and use her hips when swinging. just cant get her to pop her hips at the beginning of her swing.
I prefer to teach the hip turn this way;
http://firstpickclub.com/video/hipdrill.wmv
It focuses more on driving from the back leg, to create torso rotation. It forces them to use both legs, and not to just twist.
IMO, many of the comments here and about hitting are BS.
Too many "coaches" concentrate on a few "technicalities" that they agree with and teach strictly based on that.....
Your daughter might need to understand a swing relative to her. I'm sorry, but all individuals do not swing the same and not effectively are the same.
someone that discounts throwing the hands at the ball has no idea what it takes to effectively hit a ball and then describe that process to someone else.
I have a u12 and a u8 and have commished and coached at both levels. the most effective way that I've been able to get girls to understand engaging their body to hit the ball is to explain it like a bullwhip.
most do not understand that the tip of a bullwhip hits the speed of sound and that is what causes the "crack". to make that happen is the shaft moves first (the legs rotating), then the length of the braided part snaps (the torso), then the last little leather part snaps (arms/hands) in a whipping motion. the goal being the barrel of the bat to be moving the fastest at the point of contact with the ball. That is throwing the hands at the ball.
we do a drill where the batter throws the bat at the ball and releases the bat. the bat should fly towards the pitcher plate. this help square the bat at contact and get the bat head moving around around at contact (throwing at the ball)
a good hitter doesn't swing the same every time. they have a goal, then they have an instant goal and their swing is changing based upon that. trying to teach a batter to develop a systematic swing instead of a natural swing will not develop a good hitter
IMO