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hey that's nice split screen view thank you
hey that's nice split screen view thank you
Lok you have got me your seeing something my eyes do not . or I have just seen it so long in her my eyes do not notice it .
I haven't read every reply, but have seen some comments that were noteworthy. Things I feel can be improved
1. The lack of coil in the rear leg and hip has been mentioned many times
2. Tracking. She does not seem to be seeing the ball in
3. Drifting was mentioned earlier or lunging. When the front foot comes down, the head should not move forward anymore.
I suggest taking some swings by pausing at stride and then swing, feeling the head not move forward and keeping an axis point to rotate around.
4. The front leg does not have to straighten, though I prefer it does. But her front leg needs to be firmer, resisting forward movement.
My DD played with a player who had sub-optimal swing mechanics, yet she was a D3 All American. Successful at her level, no question. Close to her potential, not even close because of her mechanics, which never got fully developed because her first sport took priority (All American in that sport, too).
Bottom line - consider your objectives, determine if you're going to be held back from achieving them by your mechanics, and then act accordingly. Some are happy with good, good enough works for some, good as they can is the goal for others, including, IMO, most that spend any time in the tech hitting forum.
I got you Green. And not trying to be too much of a jerk, but am trying to offer a contrarian view here.
So another anecdote to add to your DD's teammate, a huge moment for me was watching an 8U tournament of all things. A girl with horrific mechanics swung at a ball literally at head level, probably even top of the helmet, and hit it out. Hit it out, over the right field fence, over the dead space between fields, over the adjacent field fence,over the leftfielder on the adjacent field, over the SS. A light bulb went off: If you are on time, and violent, you can have terrible mechanics but have a chance for great things to happen. If you are not on time, you can have MLB mechanics and they will do you no good.
And to comment on your anecdote and bottom line, I can flip it on its head. I see hitters all the time who have sub-optimal rhythm, tempo, and timing, never fully developed as you say. Some are happy with "good enough" with regard to these aspects. These are the players who are happy with hitting well in the regular season against non-elite pitchers, but come big game time, they like most of their teammates have little to no chance. Yet they still will not realize the problem is primarily the aspects I am talking about and they are happy enough.
See this all the way up through watching the college world series.