- Sep 29, 2014
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Just for feel and understanding, as you teach mechanics later, I would go with slightly bigger stride not really big maybe a one foot stride.
Tinsley, 8
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If you can teach her to stride and separate, that would be good. Get the sequence in place.
Get the "center" (the primary driver) of her swing in her rear hip and upper thigh. What happens at the foot should be a reaction to what it happening above it, not the other way around, as it is now.
Yes gotcha. I need to show her my guy walking with no legs/arms again. Get the idea of spine/torso engine.
IMO, that's something that an 8yo is going to have a hard time understanding how to relate to her swing.
Echoing what's already been said - she has a solid base to build on - looks like she uses her hands well to adjust the barrel angle right before contact.
If I was to try to read her thought process as she was swinging, it looks like she starts the swing, and then suddenly realizes the tee is way too close, so she's intentionally shortening the stride. She's then finishing the swing, but b/c the stride is so short, the lower half has to resort to a squish the bug move in order to rotate.
If you move the tee another 6" or so forward, I wonder if that weight shift issue others were commenting on would resolve itself?
If I was to try to read her thought process as she was swinging, it looks like she starts the swing, and then suddenly realizes the tee is way too close, so she's intentionally shortening the stride. She's then finishing the swing, but b/c the stride is so short, the lower half has to resort to a squish the bug move in order to rotate.
If you move the tee another 6" or so forward, I wonder if that weight shift issue others were commenting on would resolve itself?
All of them like the technology aspect. They like the Blast sensor and looking at video. Their mom growing up didn't like the video analysis. These kids like the information of the sensor and looking at professional hitters. I can do it all on my iphone as I have the RVP app and all the professional swings on the app. Thankfully I only had to repurchase the RVP app and all the swings I bought on my last phone were free to download.
Don't show a 8 yo that video. There has to be a better way to explain torso engine.
The Happy Gilmore drill might help.
Yes I was planing on using that drill and using the hop back and forth on the legs/feet, and just back and then go. I think these drills promote how to create leverage off the back foot and front foot. The torso is the center of the actions.
I think the biggest way of learning is just repetitions and reminding them to be aware of the torso. It comes with time and developing body awareness.
