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May 18, 2009
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I know my DD has a flaw in her swing but she’s hitting for power and high batting average 600+ and a homerun about every 6 at bats. Lots of triples sprinkled in. Would you work on the flaw during season or wait until off season?
 
Feb 15, 2017
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I know my DD has a flaw in her swing but she’s hitting for power and high batting average 600+ and a homerun about every 6 at bats. Lots of triples sprinkled in. Would you work on the flaw during season or wait until off season?

I wouldn’t touch a thing during season with those results. I would wait until she hits a slump and then use that to break her out. Of course, that’s not knowing what the flaw is.
 
Feb 16, 2015
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I know my DD has a flaw in her swing but she’s hitting for power and high batting average 600+ and a homerun about every 6 at bats. Lots of triples sprinkled in. Would you work on the flaw during season or wait until off season?

If she is putting up numbers like that her overall sequence must be pretty dang good. So I wouldn't think she would need much of a change, are you looking to increase her efficiency or is it actually something mechanical. I will use my DD for example during the school ball season we were always working on subtle things like hand path, barrel path, better coiling, things of that nature. She is more of a preset type of hitter and I really want to her to be more fluid when loading, so instead of working on this during the season, the decision was made to wait until after the season was over to start on that for example.
 
Jun 17, 2009
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A few comments.

1: If you address a flaw correctly then the result will be an improvement in one’s swing. Anyone attempting to sell the notion that there will be a delay between implementing a correction, and when results will begin improving, isn’t doing the job of hitting instruction correctly. When you correct a ‘flaw’ the result should be an improvement. A hitter that experiences degradation in performance after implementing a ‘correction’ should question the ‘correction’ that they made.

2: New information is best given to a hitter when they are receptive to learning. People tend to learn best when they have a desire to learn, and not necessarily when someone else has a desire to teach. A hitter with a 600+ BA, that hits a HR 16.7% of the time, and has lots of triples, may not be overly receptive to learning. If I have a hitter that isn’t interested in learning then they are wasting my time, and I tell them so. I have no problem with a hitter that wishes to practice … they are welcome to do that on their own time.

3: A hitter with a 600+ BA, that hits a HR 16.7% of the time, and has lots of triples, is either very good … or, more likely, someone that is playing at a level of competition that isn’t challenging them sufficiently. If you truly wish to get better, then play at a higher level … either at a higher classification level, at a higher age level, or both. Playing at a higher level of competition tends to reduce one’s batting stats and improves one’s desire/need to learn. Conversely, playing at a low-level tends to promote compliancy, false confidence, and bad habits that can be deeply embedded into one’s mechanics … making corrections more difficult in future years.
 
May 18, 2009
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If she is putting up numbers like that her overall sequence must be pretty dang good. So I wouldn't think she would need much of a change, are you looking to increase her efficiency or is it actually something mechanical. I will use my DD for example during the school ball season we were always working on subtle things like hand path, barrel path, better coiling, things of that nature. She is more of a preset type of hitter and I really want to her to be more fluid when loading, so instead of working on this during the season, the decision was made to wait until after the season was over to start on that for example.

She will drop the rear elbow causing pop ups.
 
Jun 17, 2009
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Portland, OR
She will drop the rear elbow causing pop ups.

More information would be needed.

For many hitters the 'rear elbow' should become lowered ... and done correctly, this improves the hand-path ... which tends to result in greater 'power' and a higher percentage of 'squaring'.

The 'how' and 'when' of the elbow lowering is important.
 

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