Use of a "baseball swing" in fastpitch?

[FiveFrameSwing]

One thing I see right away that is common in most young players I have worked with is that her back elbow is "sliding" in front of the hands. I would start here and correct this first by having her feel the connection between the rear elbow and her backside ribcage. The hands should always remain in front of the rear elbow.

You can correct this by taking dry swings to launch (knob of bat pointing to pitcher), no follow through, and video the swings so she can watch the connection. It will take a few weeks or even months to correct the muscle memory, but its a must.

The hands remain in front of the rear elbow here ... but this isn't the swing many of us are after.

The hands are not always in front of the rear elbow here ... and this is more in tune with the swing that many of us are after.

 

[TMoney]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SqoRjU0ZXTk#

This is the swing I'm after. The video doesn't have the fancy red lines like yours, but I think it's fairly plain to see that the elbow never gets in front of the hands.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Miggy is a good hitter. He uses his "short-to" / "around" for a multi-purpose of setting up to perform a "long through" / "along" with "direction".

 

[TMoney]

FFS, we can go back and forth all day. Bottom line is you are far better off with the hands in front of the elbow.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

FFS, we can go back and forth all day. Bottom line is you are far better off with the hands in front of the elbow.

Ted Williams was a fairly accomplished hitter ... and he didn't place a restriction on his swing in terms of always having the hands in front of the rear elbow.

 

[TMoney]

Sometimes great hitters make poor swings.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Sometimes great hitters make poor swings.

Sometimes great hitters swing well and don't place artificial restrictions on their swing that handicap their ability.

 

[TMoney]

My apologies to the OP for adding my 2 cents to seomething I obviously know nothing about. Please disregard my advice and follow FFS's advice and let your daughters rear elbow fly wherever it wants. No artificial restricitons. Good luck to you on your journey.

 

[Eric F]

Keep in mind that the location of the camera will affect the appearance of where the hands are in relation to the elbow.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Not trying to frustrate anyone. Simply giving data and my opinion based on that data. I'm not married to a particular religion, nor do I feel that I'm being led astray by the camera angle. I don't believe a requirement should be placed on a hitter to always have their hands in front of their rear elbow.