Back to work and open stance

[cbullard]

Thanks. Eric. I appreciate the great feedback. We'll focus on that tomorrow. We'll focus on that tomorrow and not the drag foot.

 

[ian]

Id like to see what happens when you tell her to get that front foot planted, stay balanced and do an uppercut swing. Like this: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zNdsbuAQx6Y

I still have to get my DD's swing right so I'm not in a place to give instruction but give it a shot and see what happens.

 

[cbullard]

Ian, you've given great feedback. We'll look at balance and the lead arm tomorrow

 

[krrcoach]

FWIW, Just briefly scanning the thread, I would suggest having her getting her toe down , then heal to start her forward rotation movement with her hips. A little more resistance from her lead leg may help a lot with the sequence.

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[cbullard]

Does the hips fire when the toe touches or the heal?

 

[krrcoach]

Does the hips fire when the toe touches or the heal?

They should rotate on heal plant. It appears, on the front view, your dd is rotating before toe touch.

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[cbullard]

Thanks. Her hitting coach has mentioned that before. She'll be back in town (not from here) in 2 weeks. So, I want to get a jump on working on that.

 

[Buttermaker]

Front should pull back when it's time to. That is not necessarily at heel plant. What if she is late getting the front foot down? What if she is early?

 

[Buttermaker]

One thing that jumps out at me in this latest clip is her front arm. Her elbow is staying down and close to her body. This is a big contributor to the level-to-the-ground contact we see here. What we want to see is a swing plane that is tilted to contact. Also, the current front arm use limits the ability to get proper extension into and through contact.

That said, get her sequence sorted out first.

Eric is spot on. Her current pattern is to drop the hands as the front leg is striding out and the front arm stays down and sets the wrong plane. The barrel will follow the path of the front arm. This is why she is pulling off the swing. And watch the path of her back arm. It follows the torso instead of creating its own path to clear the body and work through. Think about that as you watch this swing. What if the rear arm (elbow for Mann) worked away from the body.

 

[cbullard]

Tried to work on the lead arm and sequence tonight. I know both will take a long time to get. Should the lead elbow be higher?

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