I know precious little about hitting, so this is a genuine question. I don't see any similarity between the two gifs you posted. What is it that you see?
My dd's hitting coach was talking to her about this very thing. Swing down.
Just imagine if these girls had MLB swings - which they don't.
Whenever these examples are posted where someone is doing a demonstration of the hands and the "hit down," what is almost always missing is the pelvic tilt to lateral tilt. The hand path of the demonstration in the gym and the posted swing are not the same. If you have seen the demonstration of Pujols from MLB Station and then look at his game swings, that is what is missing there as well.
look at the barrel/hand path. start there. Do you see any similarities?
I'll have to talk to my dd about it more. I was at work and her grandma took her.can you explain in what context and to what extent. I think that’s important.
One thing that really stuck out to me was OU hitters timing. They all get the front foot up early and look to be able to allow the ball to get deep. Just an observation. They do a lot of the HLP stuff imo