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Didn’t get a decent video as I was catching. PC talked about whip the first few lessons but as DD started missing wide right, PC has decided she needs to do flips and t’s with ball facing second. Said the arm cannot hit the body. I changed my terminology to brush, she still didn’t want that. I suggested that the missing on the pitches may be more of an issue with drive and posture on finish (timing). I may be back to the drawing board
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Going to have to figure something out. I asked many questions and tried not to come across as a youtube cowboy (not sure i pulled that off flawlessly). DD struggled with doing what she asked and i really thought we needed to work on drive. We did get DD to drive off without a backswing to keep her shoulders square towards the target longer and that help with consistency a lot. Thanks for all your input. Will keep you posted. We may just have to work alone for a little while and see if we can learn together and maybe not kill each other.
I might be sorely tempted to scour the internet and find some video of her pitching...if she is not too far removed from her career. My guess is she pitched with brush. Anyway even if you are back to the drawing your DD should be fine. She has the basics down just focus on drive keeping everything straight until she releases from the plate then resisting the urge to stay open and drag her heel but keep her laces forward and heel off the ground (if it does touch it should only be what looks like a momentary bounce, it is easy enough to check her drag mark in the dirt they won't lie)
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Pay close attention to her lead (left side) hip and knee joints.
There is "hinging" here that results in loss of posture and leaks energy.
Look how firm Scarboro's front side is. "Stacked". "Aligned". "Resistive".
Lanky girls like yours (and mine) seem to struggle with this "hinging" at the waist.
And "softness" of the front knee.
Something to focus upon.
Most on this forum talk about the importance of "brush interference" at the the release point,
but this hinging and "butt-jut" posture at release makes BI next to impossible to achieve.