Bear with me, I don't know the terminology for this forum:
Signed DD up for hitting lessons with coach Karen Linder, mainly because the 1st 30 minutes are spent on the mental side of the game and of hitting (with the remaining 60 minutes spent actually working on hitting). DD needs help on the brain side, handling disappointment and such, and it's a well known fact that an old guy like dad can't possibly teach a 13 year old girl anything.
Anyway, in her 1st lesson yesterday they worked through the swing in stages. One of the drills was "swing to contact:" where they slow-mo swing until the bat is almost touching the ball on the tee. I've been working with DD to keep her hands up on her swing, basically using Zepp to compare her swing to Trout's and using the Tewksbury book to help me teach.
I freely admit I am not much of a hitting coach.
Anyway, on the "swing to contact" drill, DD's hands are above the waist-high ball, shoulders are on a plane with the bat. Basically she looks good except she lets her hands lag too much, so the bat is angled backwards some at contact. Every time, coach would have her straighten up, shoulders parallel to the ground, hands at the same level as the ball with the bat parallel to the ground - so her hands ended up at her waist.
Sorry I don't have pics, there was 3 layers of netting between DD and me, phone wouldn't focus on her.
It just seems wrong to me?
Signed DD up for hitting lessons with coach Karen Linder, mainly because the 1st 30 minutes are spent on the mental side of the game and of hitting (with the remaining 60 minutes spent actually working on hitting). DD needs help on the brain side, handling disappointment and such, and it's a well known fact that an old guy like dad can't possibly teach a 13 year old girl anything.
Anyway, in her 1st lesson yesterday they worked through the swing in stages. One of the drills was "swing to contact:" where they slow-mo swing until the bat is almost touching the ball on the tee. I've been working with DD to keep her hands up on her swing, basically using Zepp to compare her swing to Trout's and using the Tewksbury book to help me teach.
I freely admit I am not much of a hitting coach.
Anyway, on the "swing to contact" drill, DD's hands are above the waist-high ball, shoulders are on a plane with the bat. Basically she looks good except she lets her hands lag too much, so the bat is angled backwards some at contact. Every time, coach would have her straighten up, shoulders parallel to the ground, hands at the same level as the ball with the bat parallel to the ground - so her hands ended up at her waist.
Sorry I don't have pics, there was 3 layers of netting between DD and me, phone wouldn't focus on her.
It just seems wrong to me?
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