Bat Drag (Sort of)

rdbass said:

I didn't take 'rest the bat on her shoulder/neck' as a drill but, OK. After seeing the drill you posted I understand now where you are coming from. I didn't hear the instructor mention the hands turning the barrel at all during the drill other than 'keeping the hands ahead of the elbow'. He does tell them to 'all I would have to do is turn my shoulders' Sure that may help cure 'Bat drag' that this hitters has now. I still believe this hitter would be back to square one in learning how to use her hands correctly. I only speak from experience. I had my DD doing the Deltoid drill when she was younger. Only to find out that my DD needs to re-learn the proper hitting sequence which involves using the hands to deliver the barrel to the ball.
I would be fine if that drill you posted had this example in it with laying the bat on the shoulder.
See Stanton on left :

Stanton uses his hands to turn the barrel with the bat laying on his shoulder to start.

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MacLobo said:

WHAT????? How dare you disagree with me disagreeing with you!!!

Re: her shoulders - I think we're talking symantics here. Everything from the hips up is moving forward during the swing. After she starts her swing, her head moves forward a significant amount (most visible in the up close, slo-mo gif above), and that is what I was getting at.

Again, I agree that she needs a complete rebuild of her swing, and noted above that the drill I mentioned wouldn't fix all of her problems. It is a band-aid, but sometimes you need to stop the bleeding first and then move on to the next step.

Back to what I originally stated I disagreed with you on. I'm still not seeing how the drill I suggested is similar to what the girl is already doing. I had to use the google machine to find a quick video showing the drill I mentioned. Skip forward to about 2:35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rg50QPUvPb0. Can you explain how that looks similar?

Again, I agree that this is a band-aid, and a rebuild is needed.

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rdbass said:

More to worry about than what you are calling 'bat drag'. Bat is being 'drag' from the front side.

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Shawn said:

The problem with a pre-stride is it can create many hick-ups. This is the complete opposite of the swing being fluid, smooth and with a rythym in the sequence. This swing is jerky and out of sequence.

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pattar said:

I think she needs to work on using her hands without striding for now. How about she do the no-stride Braun tee drill?

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