I think moving her back foot closer to the plate will help her to get adequate plate coverage but moving the back foot closer does not directly impact the stride of the front foot, which is why I would prefer her try the suggestion of starting open because if she is already open it is going to be very hard for her to open more.
To the other posters point just because you see someone in college ball doing something does not mean they have a high level swing. I would pay good money if you can find me ONE hitting instructor that would recommend that with your back toe almost touching the the chalk on the inside of the box that after follow through your front foot should be outside the back of the box as demonstrated in the first gif., maybe she has just figured out a way to make it work and if she is hitting over .300 her coach does not want to mess with it. The other gifs are nowhere near as drastic.
HYP...I'm just curious if you took someone who had never picked up a bat before wouldn't you teach them to stride straight at the pitcher? if so I don't see why we should not do the same thing now...the girl is only 10 she has lots of learning ahead of her why not teach her correctly instead of trying to work around something most people would not teach as proper technique.
I would teach them to use the rear leg and rear hip properly. The front foot will take care of itself if the upper body is correct. I do not cookie cutter hitters. I do not try to remove athletic movement.
This young girl uses her rear leg and rear hip pretty good for her age. Like I said I think she can deepen the coil more and for longer but she is in the ball park. If the upper body is providing the proper resistance then the front foot will most likely not step out so far but she will still maintain the already good rear leg and rear hip action.
If you open her up and make her step closed you will kill whatever good hip action she already has. You will tie up her rear hip and create a ton of other problems.
Also, I guess I am not most people. I like her lower body action. I am afraid that most are just seeing external movement. They are just seeing where the front foot lands and say it is bad. The front foot will fix itself if the upper body gets fixed.
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