17 yr old Haley
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- Jun 8, 2016
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If she was going to BC it might be more of an issue..I wonder how BU feels about her wearing her sister's school shirt
I wonder how BU feels about her wearing her sister's school shirt 
lets just call it a wardrobe malfunctions.
it shows off her huge muscles
lets just call it a wardrobe malfunctions.
it shows off her huge muscles
We continue to work on perfecting her swing. She’s made a few adjustments because she was having trouble with fast ball / change up combos.
Here she’s working on speed only 65-67 mph
Here she’s working on speed only 65-67 mph
Now that the new year is here, we’re getting ready for the high school season. We’ve started back hitting 3 times a week. One of the drills she has been doing for over a year is the Bonds drill. We tweaked and adapted it to help with the mechanics she’s using. I asked her to swing from the neck slot and with a split grip. Here’s two swing off the tee.
I know this is not exactly what Bonds intended his drill to accomplish.
I know this is not exactly what Bonds intended his drill to accomplish.
A few swings off the pitching machine
Here is two at bats from Haley’s travel team. She was way out front on both hits. The first one was a shot down the 3B line. The second was a HR that went about 220 feet.
Like Yogi said , “When you come to a fork in the road take it.”
It’s time to test 4 years of preparation. I made the decision to hitch my program to her from our 1st meeting. Covid put my plan off a year but here we are, senior yr.
It’s time to test 4 years of preparation. I made the decision to hitch my program to her from our 1st meeting. Covid put my plan off a year but here we are, senior yr.
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Haley's hitting success has helped about half the team (6) start adopting some of the HLP principals. We have moved in to working on how to hit with this swing and better understand timing the pitch.
Haley's nursing a quad/hip flexor pull so not fully swinging at this point. Coaches talk about getting the barrel on plane early so your in the path of the ball for long as possible so that your timing doesn't have to be perfect, well that's what we are working on. It so evident how stuck in their habits a hitter can be. To her defense the machine is at 60 mph.
A couple of points; I'm asking her to be early as she can , she couldn't, so I told her to snap ridiculously early and then hit the ball. We use the chop drill to hit the ball deeper in the zone. I'm reminding her to mentally slow the ball down and then we go back to contact.
A side note my team lost a 14 inning game and the league tittle last year 2-0. The hard part was the opposing pitcher hung 30 strike outs on us. So we're all working to avoid that again. One of my coaches said we need to do a better job of adjusting at the plate. After a long summer of self reflection, I realize as coaches we have not given our player the necessary tools to make adequate adjustments. This drills and several others is my attempt to give my players some of the tools to be able to make an adjustment at the plate.
Haley's nursing a quad/hip flexor pull so not fully swinging at this point. Coaches talk about getting the barrel on plane early so your in the path of the ball for long as possible so that your timing doesn't have to be perfect, well that's what we are working on. It so evident how stuck in their habits a hitter can be. To her defense the machine is at 60 mph.
A couple of points; I'm asking her to be early as she can , she couldn't, so I told her to snap ridiculously early and then hit the ball. We use the chop drill to hit the ball deeper in the zone. I'm reminding her to mentally slow the ball down and then we go back to contact.
A side note my team lost a 14 inning game and the league tittle last year 2-0. The hard part was the opposing pitcher hung 30 strike outs on us. So we're all working to avoid that again. One of my coaches said we need to do a better job of adjusting at the plate. After a long summer of self reflection, I realize as coaches we have not given our player the necessary tools to make adequate adjustments. This drills and several others is my attempt to give my players some of the tools to be able to make an adjustment at the plate.
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Haley’s HS season has been a slow start. Today she had a huge HR. Sorry no video but an interview.
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