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hey that's nice split screen view thank you
Struggles with being consistant
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hey that's nice split screen view thank you
I went back and added some text. First time I posted from that site so I wanted to see how it posted before I added the text. I had hoped it would show the gif without the link, but evidently my computer skills are not advanced enough for that. Lol!
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neither are mine I have been trying to embed these links but you see how well that has worked don't ya 
You mentioned earlier that your DD is a pitcher. My DD and two of her close friends are also pitchers. I will get the three of them together when I can at our batting cage. I will work them through a three person rotation. One is pitching, one is resting, and the third is hitting (sort of), while I am catching. The person hitting never actually swings. I ask her to perform partial swings almost like the gif below. Basically a timing drill. I will also call pitches, so that the pitcher is practicing her entire arsenal, and the hitter must adjust her timing for the various speeds and locations.
Correction: The end of this gif is approximately where I want the girls to finish their partial swings during this drill. The gif is missing the entire beginning part of their swing.
Correction: The end of this gif is approximately where I want the girls to finish their partial swings during this drill. The gif is missing the entire beginning part of their swing.
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She needs to load/coil her hips more. At least that is my interpretation and suggestion. Start a little earlier and coil deeper. Watch the stripe in her pants vs HL swing.
Best to you and your DD. I wish I knew how to post gifs from my iPad to here.
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I haven't read every reply, but have seen some comments that were noteworthy. Things I feel can be improved
1. The lack of coil in the rear leg and hip has been mentioned many times
2. Tracking. She does not seem to be seeing the ball in
3. Drifting was mentioned earlier or lunging. When the front foot comes down, the head should not move forward anymore.
I suggest taking some swings by pausing at stride and then swing, feeling the head not move forward and keeping an axis point to rotate around.
4. The front leg does not have to straighten, though I prefer it does. But her front leg needs to be firmer, resisting forward movement.
1. The lack of coil in the rear leg and hip has been mentioned many times
2. Tracking. She does not seem to be seeing the ball in
3. Drifting was mentioned earlier or lunging. When the front foot comes down, the head should not move forward anymore.
I suggest taking some swings by pausing at stride and then swing, feeling the head not move forward and keeping an axis point to rotate around.
4. The front leg does not have to straighten, though I prefer it does. But her front leg needs to be firmer, resisting forward movement.
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you are absolutely correct the coil and drifting is very hard to get her back to being right , I attribute it to that she is heavily flat footed and has always had the up down movement in her feet and transfers weight to front foot prematurely causing the drift and lunge. right now in the middle of the season I would have to not let her swing in games to get it completely right so I am slowly heading her in the right direction and then in between travel and school ball she will be taking a whole lot of reps on a tee . then swinging at 5 front toss and then back to the tee
I got you Green. And not trying to be too much of a jerk, but am trying to offer a contrarian view here.
So another anecdote to add to your DD's teammate, a huge moment for me was watching an 8U tournament of all things. A girl with horrific mechanics swung at a ball literally at head level, probably even top of the helmet, and hit it out. Hit it out, over the right field fence, over the dead space between fields, over the adjacent field fence,over the leftfielder on the adjacent field, over the SS. A light bulb went off: If you are on time, and violent, you can have terrible mechanics but have a chance for great things to happen. If you are not on time, you can have MLB mechanics and they will do you no good.
And to comment on your anecdote and bottom line, I can flip it on its head. I see hitters all the time who have sub-optimal rhythm, tempo, and timing, never fully developed as you say. Some are happy with "good enough" with regard to these aspects. These are the players who are happy with hitting well in the regular season against non-elite pitchers, but come big game time, they like most of their teammates have little to no chance. Yet they still will not realize the problem is primarily the aspects I am talking about and they are happy enough.
See this all the way up through watching the college world series.
Greenmonsters
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Different strokes for different folks. Personally, I promoted hi level hitting, throwing, and catching mechanics because I wanted my DD's athletic ability and motivation, not her mechanics, to determine how well and long she played the game.
PS I'm throwing your 8u stud a steady diet of change ups!
