Model swings

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I agree, this thread awesome, I have learned a lot. Just went through all of them - haven't accomplished much at work today. I would be interested at some of these girls' form when they swing and miss. Is their miss a timing issue, i.e. fooled by the pitch, or did they have bad mechanics?

 

[starsnuffer]

I agree, this thread awesome, I have learned a lot. Just went through all of them - haven't accomplished much at work today. I would be interested at some of these girls' form when they swing and miss. Is their miss a timing issue, i.e. fooled by the pitch, or did they have bad mechanics?

That is a much more difficult thing to answer. Remember that the very best hitters will only be successful 3-4 out of 10 at bats. This means that for a batter with a .333 average every 1 time they have hit the ball, they will swing and miss (or stare at a strike) 6-8 times. Remember, Babe Ruth had 714 home runs and 1330 strike outs.

Another thing to keep in mind is that there are a lot of good contact hitters that don't necessarily have "good swings", and that "hitting" is much different then "swinging". We spend a lot of time teaching swinging, not as much time teaching hitting. The two are related, but mutually exclusive. This thread is a study on swinging, not necessarily hitting.

-W

 

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Utah Valley's Meghan Yocom, 2-RBI Single:

 

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Tennessee's Lauren Gibson, HR:

 

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Tennessee's Lauren Gibson, Grand Slam:

 

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Tennessee's Lauren Gibson, Double:

 

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Missouri's Abby Vock, Walk Off HR:

 

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Missouri's Nicole Hudson, Walk Off Single:

Abby Vock's game winning slide into home:

 

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Oregon State's Erin Guzy, Double:

 

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Oregon State's Erin Guzy, Double #2: