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Oct 3, 2011
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Are you talking about the actual swing launch or the "gather" part of the swing? If you don't start any movement at all until you are able to recognize pitch location/speed you are going to get beat an awful lot
in my opinion.

AS far as I'm concerned, there are three positions to the swing previous to launch. 1) You have the ready stance. This is when they hitter first gets into the box and is relaxed (bat on the shoulder but watching the pitcher closely). 2) Then you have the set stance. This is when the Pitcher starts her motion and the Hitter goes into her pre-load (i,e, hands/bat raises into position pre-launch position.) 3) Loaded stance. Hands are over the back foot raised high loading the hands, bat tipped loading the bat, hips coiled and ready to fire, up on the front toe and ready to stride and launch. This is the position, if they build a big enough corner, which most of my hitters do, allows them to wait and see that first 4-6 feet of pitch after release from the pitchers hand in order to know when to launch their swing based on the timing of the ball speed and trajectory as to whether it's a ball or a strike.
 
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Jun 8, 2016
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AS far as I'm concerned, there are three positions to the swing previous to launch. 1) You have the ready stance. This is when they hitter first gets into the box and is relaxed (bat on the shoulder but watching the pitcher closely). 2) Then you have the set stance. This is when the Pitcher starts her motion and the Hitter goes into her pre-load (i,e, hands/bat raises into position pre-launch position.) 3) Loaded stance. Hands are over the back foot raised high loading the hands, bat tipped loading the bat, hips coiled and ready to fire, up on the front toe and ready to stride and launch. This is the position, if they build a big enough corner, which most of my hitters do, allows them to wait and see that first 4-6 feet of pitch after release from the pitchers hand in order to know when to launch their swing based on the timing of the ball speed and trajectory as to whether it's a ball or a strike.

Ok, so swing launch..gotcha..:rolleyes:

Go back and read the OP. Does the description, in particular "doesn't swing fast enough" match somebody who is timing the pitcher to launch their swing, which would seem to me lead to being out in front of most pitches, or somebody who isn't starting her "gather" (your 2 and 3 I would gather..pun intended ;) ) until the ball is released ?

Of course without video everyone is just guessing.
 
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Aug 10, 2016
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OP here - DD played last nite but got walked both times at bat so nothing fun to video :/
Hardly had anything to swing at either. Hitting lesson on Friday so we'll talk to her instructor then..
 
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Yocoach I dont too much like to post video because everyone seems to something different. But for this discussion Ill say that its a given that any hitter has to time the ball. I mean theres no need to ever tell this to a hitter. Its common sense and taken for granted. But I gotta say that raising the bat early on is a mistake. Getting the hands up and back during the stride is not what a hitter should do. And its not what Bonds did arguably the best who ever played.
 

rdbass

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Jun 5, 2010
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Yocoach I dont too much like to post video because everyone seems to something different. But for this discussion Ill say that its a given that any hitter has to time the ball. I mean theres no need to ever tell this to a hitter. Its common sense and taken for granted. But I gotta say that raising the bat early on is a mistake. Getting the hands up and back during the stride is not what a hitter should do. And its not what Bonds did arguably the best who ever played.

Not what you originally said:
gilraltor:Teaching a hitter to try to time the ball will alter the hitters sequencing. You have to know the pitchers movement and time your movement off of that
But, no big deal.
 

jjr

Jun 13, 2017
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If you recorded, I would still post the video of her getting walked. Because there are things these guys notice even when the girls DON'T swing.
 

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