Batting Stance?

Hube111 said:

I can't remember which College team it was, but during a broadcast this year the announcers were talking about how the coaches had studied the open stance with the help of departments at the university. The one thing that stuck with me was this. As a right handed batter, your dominant eye is most likely your right eye. As you open the stance with the front foot the head and torso also open up giving the batter a better initial view with that dominant eye. This makes logical sense to me. Since my DD and I heard this she has decided she wants to go with an open stance. I was skeptical, but I like it now because she has a bigger load as she picks up her foot more now than she did previously. It did take her a while to get used to closing it up on every swing.

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daave266 said:

So, watching a couple college softball games recently I noticed that several of the young ladies stand with their front foot, really behind them. They all tend to step towards the pitcher when in the load or swing, but just curious why start so far open? I've read in one place or another that a fix for stepping out on a swing is to start out with the foot back and they just have to step into the pitch because there's no place to step back anymore?

Thanks
Dave

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djcarter1966 said:

You can use whatever stance, cue or mechanism you think helps get you into the right position but the first "stance" that really matters is this one:

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So Cal Seth said:

Understood. Just trying to get a 6 y/o there : )

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