1) She does not stride when using the tee. She does stride in a game, but is finished when the pitcher has the ball, then she waits and waits.
2) Her move forward is to open her hips. She should be closing her hips as she strides/moves forward.
3) This is causing her to swing with her arms too soon. (the back elbow comes down). Notice her back elbow is down here and the bat head did not move. She should be using the leverage of her body here.
4) All of this is causing a bad case of bat drag (notice the hands behind the back elbow). Since she hasnt moved the bat head at this stage, and she has spent her forward motion (no stride), and she wasted her leverage with the back elbow, from this point forward, she can only drag the bat forward with her hands.
The end result is she has trouble getting the bat head ahead of her hands before contact. Result: foul tips on faster pitching, weak balls oppo.
To fix:
Stop everything you are doing and learn to stride to toe touch. Take dry strides in front of a mirror. Coil inward 45 degrees with the hips and shoulders. Then after you master, take the back elbow back like a bow. Then after mastering, make sure the back forearm is flat (not vertical) when you land. After a few days she will have this mastered.
Then she needs to work on the timing of when to begin her stride. Probably right before the pitcher lets go, and make sure her toe touches when the ball is halfway. (pitch takes appr. .400 sec and it takes .200 to swing after toe touch)
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