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She's strong and athletic. She's going to hit the ball hard because of those factors...until she comes up against pitching that her swing pattern can't handle. That time is coming, and you are WAY better off trying to get her on a better path now than be in total panic later.
CB...she needs to stop all the movement in the frontal plane...my goodness...she is athletic as all heck...
Right now, her swing is powerful because it's like a tidal wave...If I took a baking pan, and put an inch of water in it and tilted it to the left and then to the right, all of the water would come rushing to the right...TONS of inertia...ZERO adjustability...this will make her vulnerable to better pitching...
RDB's post of Kemp's swing is a great model IMO for your daughter to look to adopt...
Take a look at this simple comparison: 1st pic for each: start; max load; finish.
To your question about where to place the tee...IMO...FOR NOW...let her keep her overly massive negative move. Put the tee at her belly button...tell her that her front hip CANNOT pass the tee on her swing...hips move forward, shoulders stay back...CP
I agree with you guys....she's gotten by against really good pitchers with her athletic ability (another coach said her vision)....BUT....there have been pitchers that have eaten her lunch too (as you guys said...pitches her pattern can't handle)
What do you think of shortening her negative motion?
What do you think of shortening her negative motion?
cbullard,
You have seen her swing and now you have to correct her. You have to be able to see her problem and correct her every time she does it wrong. That's what is good about video, seeing it and then seeing it in the swing (both good and bad stuff).
You hit off the back side. The front side is just as important, although getting the weight forward is obviously a bad thing.
You have seen her swing and now you have to correct her. You have to be able to see her problem and correct her every time she does it wrong. That's what is good about video, seeing it and then seeing it in the swing (both good and bad stuff).
You hit off the back side. The front side is just as important, although getting the weight forward is obviously a bad thing.
If you're leaning that way, then try what I suggested...if you try and shorten BOTH the negative and positive (back to front) motion at the same time that is too much change at once IMO...
If you go the "other route"...meaning shorten her negative motion but still allow the huge forward lunge...that is the worse of 2 evils IMO...
She needs to feel the "pulling in to" her left hip to WITHOUT the help of momentum ala the Kemp clip\pics...CP
Negative move isn't the problem.
See if you can 'feel' how your DD 'uncoils/unwinds/spins' starting from the front foot toe/front side on up towards her hands.....
See if you can 'feel' where Kemp 'uncoils' from.....(kept to simple 'terms' in the practical thread). Look at his rear hip then go down to his rear thigh,leg & foot.
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