Lead Arm Bar and Popping up

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May 12, 2016
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This pic is from last year, but this has always been a problem for my DD. No matter how many times I say you are barring your lead arm, she is unable to correct it. Are there any good drills to prevent lead arm from barring.

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Oct 13, 2014
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Put the emphasis on using her hands not her arms to get the bat where it needs to be. That's just my guess without seeing a video of your dd swing. It could be other things .

If you use the hands as a beginner of the swing and not the arm . Then arm bar should go away.

The pic you posted is later in the sequence . Bad arm bar is at the beginning of the swing. Best I can do with what I have been provided .
 

rdbass

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Jun 5, 2010
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Not here.
Bat drag buster from BR..
So, 2 posters are 'recommending' eliminating the hands/hand usage. I don't recommend the 'Bat drag, hand eliminator buster'.
Good luck with that.
 
Mar 23, 2011
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This pic is from last year, but this has always been a problem for my DD. No matter how many times I say you are barring your lead arm, she is unable to correct it. Are there any good drills to prevent lead arm from barring.

A front arm bar like that is common when a hitter is using his/her shoulders power the swing. The spinal axis will tend to flatten out her barrel and probably why she is hitting the bottom half of the ball when she's aiming for the middle. A band-aide can be working on hitting the top side of the ball, but the best solution like WW and RB recommended is to learn to use the hands to turn the barrel. Then build on it by doing so from behind a corner in a way that allows her rear leg to drive her body around. This should eliminate the need to add power via shoulders.

FWIW she will probably still feel more powerful with the shoulder/arm swing, but it's important to let it go and focus on fundamental change.
 
Apr 20, 2018
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I am not recommending eliminating the hands. The bat drag buster helps to teach how the elbows work in unison (think Howie Kendricks). Keeps elbow apart instead of them coming to close to each other as in photo provided by OP. This is a weak position and all she can do is drag the barrel around and flick or frail at the ball with little power. Also her lead arm laying across her chest is another weak position that the drag buster will help eliminate. With that being said, there are some mlb players that arm bar (probably not intentionally) to a certain degree and lay lead arm across chest. Usually power hitting lefties guess players with long swings. Griffey
 
May 12, 2016
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I am not recommending eliminating the hands. The bat drag buster helps to teach how the elbows work in unison (think Howie Kendricks). Keeps elbow apart instead of them coming to close to each other as in photo provided by OP. This is a weak position and all she can do is drag the barrel around and flick or frail at the ball with little power. Also her lead arm laying across her chest is another weak position that the drag buster will help eliminate. With that being said, there are some mlb players that arm bar (probably not intentionally) to a certain degree and lay lead arm across chest. Usually power hitting lefties guess players with long swings. Griffey

according to this guys it happens all the time....so many mixed reviews out there on this. I don't like it and for me it's the power I am worried about. I believe in this position there is a little room for adjustment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RK7MJn-SxOw
 

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