Critique 8u DD Swing

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Apr 30, 2018
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That is a very good swing for an 8 year old. The bat does appear to be a little heavy for her. I noticed 2 things. She gets taller as she comes into contact. Stands up a little, comes out of her posture early or what ever you want to call it. Also, the "box" gets a little over stretched (elbows to close to each other)

Over all she has a very good foundation and she coils(loads). This is way better than the average 8 year old. I am surprised she only made 3rd string team.

Her batting has really improved quite a bit since the beginning of All-Stars. I think she was primarily 3rd string because of her fielding. She is really fast, but it is often leading to being over aggressive with charging the ball and missing the catch as well as trying to cover the entire infield by herself. Coach has her primary playing center field and sometimes left. I have been working with her on when to be aggressive and when to recognize she has no play on catching a pop fly so she should hang back and play it off the bounce. She had a couple earlier in the season that she charged hard, but had no chance of getting there in time and they bounced right over her head. I'll take being aggressive vs the alternative though. We have other girls that won't get in front of a grounder no matter what.
 

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