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She sounds like an aggressive hitter. Don't take that away! I would only worry if her hips/pelvis would rotate all the way around on an outside pitch just like we should on an inside pitch. Hips are the direction. There's a gif of Posey floating around here where it shows him swinging at in/mid/out.My daughter has a tendency to just open up in the swing to the point that her Chest is facing the pitcher. Shouldn't the up body rotate to where the rear should would almost face the pitcher or does this depend on pitch location?
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My daughter has a tendency to just open up in the swing to the point that her Chest is facing the pitcher. Shouldn't the up body rotate to where the rear should would almost face the pitcher or does this depend on pitch location?
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I see a lot of young developing hitters over doing upper body resistance such that their shoulders stop rotating once they are square with the pitcher. Compare that to a lot of the MLB players where you see their numbers on the back of their shirt from the opposite batter's box in their follow through ... as in the photo you included.
Originally the shoulders are resisting being rotated by the torso engine. The hands and arms will lag behind.
Exactly what I notice in my DD swing. Since there is this resistance it creates this sort of flip of the barrel and hands across the body. Instead of staying through and behind the ball. Also cause the lead arm to roll instead of staying up. I thought that maybe is was a lower half issue as well.
"SHOULDER SNAP" Oh no, who knew! So is there 3 distinctive snaps? What is the order of the snaps? Can it vary?
But back to OP question: When her stride foot lands pitcher should still be able to see her numbers to various degree. If she is opening before stride foot plants she has a problem. Posey gif is good.