Leaning back when hitting the ball

[rdbass]

Yes we agree Rd... (lower half)

Ok I am looking for a gif example.

 

[Easton33]

I will start a new thread with a different batter I want you guys to look at and tell me what you think.

 

[sbcowboy]

I have to see a pic of this. Is this what you are describing?

Sorry rdbass. I do not have a pic or video. I will try and get one. It will be good to have one so what we can see the improvement she will make!

Thanks!

 

[CLM265]

sbcowboy Another thing to try is the Happy Gilmore to full extension, not a full swing while trying the same rear foot action as the Kirk It drill. It seems to me that to get into the position that you are describing is that she must be doing something at the very beginning of her swing that lets her get away with it. Such as excessively dropping her hands.

Two good examples of swings provided earlier with the head above the rear knee with a slight tilt towards the plate. It's perfectly fine to have back knee bent but not the torso matching the front leg angle.

 

[sbcowboy]

Yes it is a problem. I have a girl that does the same thing. Not sure you understand what exactly he is talking about. The girl I have seem to try and generate more whip by throwing her upper body back as her hand come forward. 45 degree angle is not what those pic show but the girl I have does this at about a 45 as well. OP, is this creating a hole in her swing as well? I have spoken to my girl several times and showed her video of herself to no avail. I even had her exaggerate her front should to a steep down hill position but in the end she still comes out of it. Any other drills besides the kick it drill?

Easton! You know exactly what I am describing. I think it is worst than squashing the bug. Her front leg is straight but there is no weight on it. All of the weight is on the rear foot. No power in her hitting!

Easton. There is a drill that I saw today that is suppose to help.
You place a ball on a tee in front of the plate and force the batter have to reach out for the ball to make contact.

Here is the link. You will have to go through the whole thing. There is a lot of good information on it!

Let me know if you find anything the works.

Thanks!

http://youtu.be/GS-PcxmaHmQ

 

[sbcowboy]

sbcowboy Another thing to try is the Happy Gilmore to full extension, not a full swing while trying the same rear foot action as the Kirk It drill. It seems to me that to get into the position that you are describing is that she must be doing something at the very beginning of her swing that lets her get away with it. Such as excessively dropping her hands.

Two good examples of swings provided earlier with the head above the rear knee with a slight tilt towards the plate. It's perfectly fine to have back knee bent but not the torso matching the front leg angle.
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The girl in the blue is what my batter would look like if you can straighten her up. She leans way back on the rear foot. Her foot is the squashing the bug position. I would think that her head is probably over her back foot.

Happy Gilmore drill to full extension? Do you mean just do it normal?

 

[CLM265]

Happy Gilmore drill to full extension? Do you mean just do it normal?

Just a guess that she isn't tying in any turn the barrel action into a balanced swing. I would hold it at extension until she is used to having her head forward of where it is now. If she tried it with her head so far back she would loss her balance.

To me full extension should still have the barrel pointed somewhere between 1st and 2nd. The girl in the black looks really good, keeps her head in and has her barrel pointing at the second baseman.

 

[sbcowboy]

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Here is where she starts. She is barring her front arm through the swing but at contact her back leg is bent.

Easton, when I look at the photo on the right, it looks as if she is dropping the bat behind her back. Looks as if she is swinging around her shoulder.




The backhand drill might also be a great drill to help w/ the leaning back. Check out the video! Callista Balko was a very successful hitter!

http://youtu.be/HqCfLXjL3yM

 

[Easton33]

As far as top half goes I think this is the single biggest problem. Once it gets fixed a lot of things will fall into place. IMHO, if you have a bad lower half or a bad top half you can still make decent contact with the ball although not maximizing on your potential. When they are both bad you can't hardly touch a ball. These are from the same swing as earlier.

 

[Easton33]

Remember this is where she started.