Trying to teach my daughter how to bat.

[FiveFrameSwing]

Difficult to comment on one swing with a tee placed as far away as it is. Does she have a bad swing, or might she have a good swing that is being cut short due to a need to reach out for the ball?

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Fiveframes,

Can you post the entire swing as a gif?

 

[Shawn]

Fiveframes,

Can you post the entire swing as a gif? That way we can just start to look at posture.

 

[Shawn]

Sorry about the double post.. We have a posture moving forward onto the front leg.

 

[redhotcoach]

Keepin her hands back and turning the barrel will continue to create the upper half resistance she starts. It will give a greater lower running start creating a corner. It will create a cast or whip in the swing. Her hands in tight and turning the barrel will stop the casting of the hands and sent the casting or whipping to the barrel. Just changing her hand set and turning the barrel can change the whole appearance and power source to the swing.

The days of coaches, instructors, and parents giving a kid a 12 step list of what is "wrong" with their swing, then telling them to start at step one....needs to stop. The kids "fix" step one, there swing has changed, problems 2-12 are now different or gone, and they now have new issues. So they go on to step 2, then step three, and etc. Several years down the road they are still struggling because they are trying to fix all the symptoms.
All she needs to know right now is keep your hands in tight.

 

[cbullard]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'll have her try your suggestions tonight and move the tee in closer. So, should her head stay centered and still?

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Keepin her hands back and turning the barrel will continue to create the upper half resistance she starts. It will give a greater lower running start creating a corner. It will create a cast or whip in the swing. Her hands in tight and turning the barrel will stop the casting of the hands and sent the casting or whipping to the barrel. Just changing her hand set and turning the barrel can change the whole appearance and power source to the swing.

The days of coaches, instructors, and parents giving a kid a 12 step list of what is "wrong" with their swing, then telling them to start at step one....needs to stop. The kids "fix" step one, there swing has changed, problems 2-12 are now different or gone, and they now have new issues. So they go on to step 2, then step three, and etc. Several years down the road they are still struggling because they are trying to fix all the symptoms.
All she needs to know right now is keep your hands in tight.

Not sure what the dribble is about a 12 step process. What 12 steps are you talking about?

Back to this young girl. I explained why her hands were not kept in tight ... and until that is addressed it will continue to be an issue.

Before going further ... let's see a swing with the tree not placed so far away from the batter.

 

[cbullard]

I'll get a video clip this evening before practice.

 

[redhotcoach]

Not sure what the dribble is about a 12 step process. What 12 steps are you talking about?

Back to this young girl. I explained why her hands were not kept in tight ... and until that is addressed it will continue to be an issue.

Before going further ... let's see a swing with the tree not placed so far away from the batter.

I wasn't talking about you.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

I wasn't talking about you.

Sorry RHC ..... I was wondering what that was all about.

Hadn't heard that version of the song before. Preferred Carol King's version.