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Just looking to get some more eyes on my DD swing. I know she is "stepping in the bucket". What else you see? LMK what you think.
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Need some looks at DD Swing
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- Jan 24, 2011
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Anybody?...
Mostly just out of balance and has too much head movement.
Once the front foot plants, the head shouldn't move at all, and you should be able to hold your finish for at least 2 seconds. She falls off balance after every swing.
- Jan 24, 2011
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Yes , the balance thing has driven me crazy for a while. I am not sure what to do to fix it. Maybe , I can find a way to keep her head still
The few on here that post, live or die by the hip coil.
I wonder how many kids across the country get screwed up by a big hip coil. A big hip coil will mess up many other parts of the swing if not done right.
Walking away from the hands with the lead foot closer to the ground will keep the head alot more steadier.
SL
I wonder how many kids across the country get screwed up by a big hip coil. A big hip coil will mess up many other parts of the swing if not done right.
Walking away from the hands with the lead foot closer to the ground will keep the head alot more steadier.
SL
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Check out her grip. Her top hand thumb looks like it is out of place. This may hurt her on impact and make her swing weaker.
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Please explain further on this. She has been putting that thumb up the handle ever since she saw a picture of Madison Shipman (Tennessee) with that type of grip. She says it feels comfortable , so IDK. Seems like the lesser of all the evils right now.
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jbooth told you how to fix it when he said "... hold your finish at least 2 seconds." He's talking about during practice. She wouldn't hold it 2 seconds in a game. We call it "hold your pose." Notice how much better her hits are when she does it.
IMO, the best way fix balance issues, is Epstein's Torque drill.
You put your body into the position that it should be at contact. Focusing on the legs and belly-button, then hold that lower body position while you turn your arms and shoulders back to their stance or launch position, and then swing. Do it until you can get to the finish position and hold it for two seconds. You MUST keep your head over your back knee, or you can't stay balanced.
Get the legs into the position shown below, except that you will be on the ball of the back foot, not the toe. The weight is centered but mostly supported on the back leg. Don't let her cheat. The legs CANNOT move out of this position from start of swing to finish. Just wind and unwind the shoulders and arms. The focus of the drill is to only move the upper body, while maintaining the leg and hip position shown below.
Typically what happens when they first try this; is that they straighten the back leg, and/or bend the front one, and/or they will straighten up the spine and fall away from the plate.
To do it successfully you MUST keep the leg position and some tilt toward the plate all the way from start to finish. It works the heck out of the back leg muscles and the muscles in the hips. The student has to find out how to use the leg muscles to keep the head still and in the right spot.
Here's a link to a guy doing it, but he should have his feet farther apart, and he is turning his hips a little bit. Hard not to when swinging at a ball. Doing the drill while hitting a moving ball is the advanced stage of the drill. Start without hitting a ball off a tee or anything. Just have her swing through the air. She will have trouble just doing that, at first.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dDK8-NgKYw
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We used to be given an opportunity to learn balance in grade school. We didn't know that we were learning it, though. We ran over the teeter totter, we played hop scotch and we jumped rope. Some natural playing activities with friends will help her. Maybe make a balance beam and walk on it together. She doesn't even need to know that she is working on hitting, make it fun.
