I'm trying to find out if many teams have their hitters face live pitching in practice? If so, how often and what age group? I currently help coach a 12u travel team and we do not see live pitching at all in practice and i'm just curious if this is the norm. I feel like our hitters never really...
Just like the title says, how many coaches here have their hitters face live pitching in practices, and how often? Please also let me know what age group you coach. I am helping coaching a 12u travel team
I wanted to update you all. We’ve been working since the last video I posted a few months ago on trying to correct her posture and get her to use her hips properly and TTB. We still have a lot of work to do, but I wanted to see what you all thought.
Thanks for the replies everyone. When I say a “straight back leg” I mean that at heel plant he wants her rear knee locked. It does sort of seem like a shift and then swing sort of method. It seems to me like that style doesn't give you much adjustability in the swing and it doesn't seem to allow...
So my DD’s hitting instructor has always taught her to sort of fall forward to heel plant and lock the back leg. She’s been doing this for a while but as I’m starting to try to understand how the lower half works in the swing I’m not sure if this is correct. A straight leg doesn’t feel like...
Thank you, I really like the explanation of the barrel turn in that video you posted. That's very helpful. I think that's definitely what we will be addressing next.
So we’ve been working some on her posture and making some tweaks here and there. Trying to get rid of that reverse C when she finished. Trying to get her to hit the ball more out in front too. We’ve still got plenty to do, but wanted to see what you all think about the changes and where we...
Just wondering if there are any books on hitting that you would recommend? I’ve got Ted Williams’ book but I was looking for something a little more current. Thanks!
That's great! Thank you so much for taking all that time to explain it. I think I understand better the sequence and can help communicate that to her better. Thanks again!!
The nose in front of the belly button until toe touch is what she's been taught to do, but over time her movements have gotten kinda sloppy. Gotta reign that in!
I agree that she doesn't seem to be rotating correctly. I don't think she fully understands the rotating part so I think I need to...
Thanks, she hits great during games. One of the top hitters on her team and consistently hits doubles and triples. I know she has the power to hit the ball farther but she's disconnected in a few places and that's sapping the power from her swing IMO. I totally agree with the posture being bad...
Hey folks, long time lurker here. I’ve always gotten great information from this forum and I was hoping you all could take a look at her swing and give me your thoughts. Sorry I don’t have the video in GIF format
Thanks fellas, I'll try and implement those suggestions. I like the Bonds example.
As far as getting her to swing against live pitch the way she does off the tee, is it just reps reps reps...and then more reps?
And to adjust to faster speed she just needs to see faster speed more often?