What postion does she play? Does she turn her hear or keep her head/face up when fielding groundballs?
The strange part was that looking at the book and her batting average you would never guess how she really swings.
To both Sluggers and Peppers: Have you found that after doing these drills the player becomes more aggressive at the plate?
Sounds like she's afraid of getting hit by the ball in general, but particularly when she has time to think. And telling her it won't hurt won't fly because she knows from experience that it will! From a fielding standpoint, I might suit her up and put her behind the plate for a BP session either machine or live. With the equipment on she can get used to staying with the ball that she know is coming right at her. With the equipmnet still on, I then might consider putting her up at bat against the machine w/ her standing either in/or just out of the path of the ball to show her she can get out of the way if needed and to get her to trust her judgement on whether she needs to move or not i.e., see how close to the ball she can get without getting hit. Of course this might not work! Depends on the kid and what's going through her head - might be worth talking about to see if there's more contributing to her apparent fear.
Not much chance of that. We tried it last year and she was so far back in the catcher's box there was barely room for the umpire!
I suggested you try it NOT during a game so that there wasn't any extra pressure and you could work her through it in a controlled step-wise fashion. Sounds like her SB playing days are limited unless something changes soon!