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Tell her to choke up on the bat. Then you grab the knob directly behind her. Tell her she has to get the knob to the pitcher as fast and has hard as she can. You will resist her like you are in a tug of war. If she uses her arm, shoulders, she will be weak. If she plants her rear leg into the ground with the pressure on the inside of her rear foot and she uses her core and bottom hand to yank that knob incredible aggressively toward the pitcher, then you are halfway there. Battle her in this move. Resist. Make her turn with everything she has to get that knob forward. Do it again and again until she is pulling with a force you have to fight against.
If she can understand this part then the rest is easy. It is simply straight to the ball. Chop Chop. From there.
Hey James, so we tried this drill yesterday and the first thing that happens was a pain in her lead shoulder. So I had her hold it and felt the same thing. Front arm pulling. I am not a good hitter so it isn’t surprising.
In any case. Curious as to trying it again. I tried to get her to feel the whole core pulling but couldn’t get away from the lead shoulder doing most of the pulling.
Maybe should we try it without lead arm? Like the rear arm small bat drill? Is that where the power should come from? Rear arm/top hand? I guess this is another thing I hadn’t felt or worried about.
Thanks in advance.