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    10u dd converted lefty

    Hit through the ball, not to the ball.
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    Updated swing from DD

    Get more on the toes of the rear leg, and don't let the heel move backward. If you set a ball against the back of that foot, it shouldn't move during the swing. Your DD would kick it backward. That's also related to not coiling properly into the rear hip.
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    RVP connection point position

    My humble opinion ... that looks terrible. No power through the hit, just to it.
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    Bustos

    This looks a lot like Maddy O'Brien's swing to me ... It seems like they just skip part of everyone else's swing. So, just a couple questions. Bustos=Howard? And Howard is the LSU Howard?
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    Interesting....

    That's tough. They're both pretty interesting. I like the first one, because you can see the umpire walking away and not watching. But the second one ... so cleanly upturns her ...
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    Interesting....

    So in this drill, you want the bat to be moving forward before the front foot is down? Sounds like drilling poor mechanics to me.
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    Hitting style - holding bat out in stance

    He said the emphasis was on confidence. And several times said things like "or at least think we have an advantage".
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    Hitting style - holding bat out in stance

    I think of muscle memory as "how" to swing the bat. This is "where" to swing the bat.
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    Hitting style - holding bat out in stance

    Imagine you're hitting a ball on a tee. What's the first thing you do? Put the bat right up to the ball, right? Then pull back and swing. You give your body a quick reminder of where you want it to get to.
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    Hitting style - holding bat out in stance

    Ask Jim Furyk. Or Gary Sheffield. I've heard that short-term memory only lasts 3 seconds or something. Are they trying to get their general contact point in their short-term memory for the swing? (This actually happens a lot in disc golf; most top-level players "point" to their line before...
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    Please help/feedback on this swing

    Start with the rear heel more square. If anything, the big toe should be forward further than the heel. Stance is closed too far after the front foot plants.
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    shortstop body type

    College recruiters won't care if she's playing the position they want her in.
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    Curt Schilling - really????

    Jeez ... think about the baseball players watching saying "Schilling is announcing? Maybe I should watch this stuff." #growthesport
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    Missouri/Missouri State

    Earlywine's just still POed about SMS's name change ;) They definitely should have run-ruled them, and that's about the only thing to say to your team after a 6-0 win ...
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    10u dd

    BIG rear side spin out. It looks like she's practicing a rear side spin out. If she was driving with her rear leg while doing that, it would cause serious medical issues with her knees. Roll onto the instep and push forward.

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