Agreed. I had to break that habit at 18...not easy to do.
Daughter does a Pre-Stride to stride
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Agreed. I had to break that habit at 18...not easy to do.
Julray - I have seen many kids do it no stride, and it worked. What every way she does it I just want for her to be comfortable. One thing I have learned as a Dad trying to help aside from the coach is I remind myself to keep it simple!
My DD currently doesn't stride. But she is SUPER strong. That's something we will be working on this winter. She is working to look like Pujol's swing which is a smaller stride than most
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I agree that toe tap, is a tough thing to do at 7 going on 8 next month. Do you think as Quincy mentioned that she is losing power doing this. I guess what she is doing now vs toe-tap
She is losing power for sure. Top tap is a super athletic move.... if she doesn't do it naturally don't try and teach her, just work on getting her step and swing together. Stride and go. You can do it off a tee to get it all to come together, then front toss to ingrain in the timing of it. Right now she is doing two different things. Stride..... swing....when it should be part of the swing.
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Do you think its a good game plan, to have her work on it- tee, soft toss until she gets it down before trying it in a game situation.
Yeah Teach in lessons and practice, in games just a key word or two but let them play. They have enough stuff in their heads in the batter's box already.
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I thought you said earlier she was not having this problem off the tee? I think pattars plan of action makes sense. If she is not being affected of the tee, I would work on front toss until she gets her timing right. I'm not sure tee work is going to solve the timing issue she is seeing in her game swing? Maybe I misunderstood.
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No you did not misunderstand at all. In mind I was thinking that I could video her hitting off of the tee and show it to her so that she can get an idea of what she should be doing on front toss if that makes sense. I just didn't clarify that earlier.
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