Have to do it.
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Once mechanics are refined, I occasionally like doing a step up drill with a machine (really one of the few things I like a machine for....) Set up 3-4 home plates in a row, about four-five feet apart. Start at the farthest, the step forward after 8-10 solid hits. Most kids are jazzed and amazed they can make contact at the closest base (helps to pre-load unless the feeder is very good.)
The other thing I like is to recruit an older pitcher to come out and throw BP at her warm up speed. I love their eyes when they hit that first ball!
It can be a fun game ... kids may enjoy it ... just haven't seen anyone's mechanics improved from this 'drill'.
Used sparingly and in addition to other tools/drills, do you see this drill as having potential benefit for building confidence in the OP's case?
As for building confidence ... false confidence easily crumbles. Robbing a player of their timing mechanics isn't going to help them under the heat of competition.
Her first instinct is to make sure she isn't going to be hit