They may not get it. Turn machine up to 55 plus and tell her to swing and miss over the ball. When she hits it she will be surprised.I see this with dd all the time, might give that a try.
She just turned 16, and yes I've posted in the technical forum.It's good to have a plan and intent when going to the plate. I am very happy that she has found an approach that works for her. She hits 70% of the balls over the fence during batting practice, that's amazing! Of course I understand if you don't answer this, but how old is your DD and have you ever posted a video of her swing on here during batting practice?
I know I've said this more than once on here, but don't use a single wheeled machine for softball practice. It puts backspin on the ball, ala riseball. You've got to use a 3-wheeled machine in order to put a light forward spin on the ball to replicate a fastpitch fastball. As well, the 3 wheeled machine allows you to see the ball rolling down the chute so as to "time the pitcher" so to say. The camp my DD attended a few weeks ago at a higher level D1 uses this in their batting cage, well one station at least.They may not get it. Turn machine up to 55 plus and tell her to swing and miss over the ball. When she hits it she will be surprised.
The HR do dead center on Tuesday from Aaron Judge didn't look like he miss hit it
Hands down to the ball.. lololHR from Tuesday,
If a hitter is overmatched (speed) the ball doesn't fall as far because it's in the air for a shorter period of time. So swinging "over the ball" works because the over matched hitter is used to a slower ball that will fall further.When A hitter is out matched (speed) swing over the ball works. I don't like it but it works.
I'm with you. When my daughter was working on her swing she focused in hitting the ball 1" below center of the ball. During BP on a field, the mistakes were the ones that didn't go over the fence. On a good day, the coach would pitch a dozen per round. She'd typically go 12 for 12, all over the field. We worked on homers from the start. Upward swing plane, bottom half of the ball. Hitting the ball below center added backspin and helped create lift. If she swung over the ball, the top spin would eat up an infielder and the ball never stayed up long enough to be in the air for an outfielder.She's worked at being a home run hitter from the start of softball. She's always concentrated on trying to hit the bottom of the ball. Not saying it always works, but yes, she's always trying to hit the bottom of the ball.