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Sep 29, 2014
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I'll let others chime in but there is a lot to like going on here. I don't see a lot of the obvious low hanging fruit type problems that we see so often. Probably need a professional opinion ;) I did not look at tee swings...and if you had game swings those are always best.

Stance is really closed and she pigeoned inward but to me that is more style. She seems aggressive even on pitches she is not swinging at; she is ready. Maybe she could separate a little more but it's pretty good already. The basic mechanics and sequence are there as far as I can tell. I'm not a great hand path guy but it looks like she is turning the barrel and exploding on the ball keeping her hands above the ball.

Did you have any concerns or has your hitting coach mentioned anything in particular? How is she producing against live pitching...does she seem to maintain form?
 
Feb 16, 2015
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It looks to be a little "all back all forward" to me. She pulls be back in her negative move and then takes it forward with her instead of getting that separation that DJ may be talking about. How does she do on off speed pitches? She seems to have a good bit of momentum in her swing which to me shows up on her takes and looks as if she shifts her weight onto her front leg. Which may not be an issue if she isn't fooled by the pitch because she doesn't seem to shift early when she actually decided to swing the bat. All in all though I think she looks pretty dang good. Keep up the good work.
 

rdbass

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Jun 5, 2010
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What jumps out at me....Front toss...shifts & swings. Front toss & tee swings. Swings with her arms. Like to see DD use her hands to turn the barrel. Swings around her body and seems to maintain the 'hinge angle'. Would prefer to see more of swing out from her body and 'oily' wrists. Again JMHO.
 
Mar 21, 2013
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Thanks for feedback. Wish she would drive it better. She puts the ball in play every time. Just wish it would hit it hard when she swings away. She slaps 2/3 of the time. We work on getting to balance
 
Sep 29, 2014
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Thanks for feedback. Wish she would drive it better. She puts the ball in play every time. Just wish it would hit it hard when she swings away. She slaps 2/3 of the time. We work on getting to balance

Is she a natural lefty? I did notice the slide forward with her hips initially at first glance but when I broke it down it did not seem that far off from model swings.
 
Sep 29, 2014
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No..she is right handed. She has been flipped around for a couple of years

Well then she looks really good....although if she does slap most of the time I would think she would want to work on punching the ball into the gaps while slapping more than swinging away and it will be more effective because the OF will be positioned differently
 
Jan 6, 2009
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The hips are a little late. As Rdbass said shifts and then swings. There is a little hip slide instead of hips turning. So the lowerbody is late. Needs to time the shift better.
 

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