MTS,
I'm so glad you pointed out the back elbow. I've said it several times on her but here it goes again. I went to a Don Slaught RVP clinic several years ago when Brooke and I first started our journey, one of his biggest ques was that the rear elbow initiates the swing so what did I do? I told Brooke that and bingo welcome to severe bat drag.
It didn't make any sense to me when he said it because I never swung like that when I played and frankly I hadn't ever dissected video of elite hitters at that either. I swung and swung and I finally came to the realization that it was a horrible que and scrapped it. None the less it really aggravated me that we had wasted time on it. From that point on I never used anything with Brooke unless I could feel and agree with what was said. Bad information is extremely dangerful to a kid and their journey.
I take this journey very seriously because I've been at the starting point and realize how hard and time consuming it is. Brooke has reached the point where she has D1 offers and I truly wish every dad and DD the same. I do owe RD an apology for being a jerk to him, he just trying to help others and I overreacted, for that I apologize.
Knights,
Your DD has made tremendous progress. Tell her gd job and keep working hard.
I feel your pain, Crankermo. This is why I scrapped the "skipping the rock" drill (heard it from Candrea at a clinic). We start skipping the rock at batting practice with a ball in our hand as we were shown, getting the forearm parallel to the ground, and all of a sudden all my girls start bending over sideways and leading the swing with their elbow to hit! Doh!
I've been burned before with "squish the bug" and "swing down" (anybody ever buy a Swing Right? We bought two. Double doh!), so I should have known better than to do the drill before trying it out. Live and learn.