To the original poster: if they have NO idea how to swing -- ie, don't know where to stand relative to home plate and hold a bat like a hockey stick! -- I'd start with the Justin Stone video (as good as any starting point) and have them watch it, then talk about it with them, then have them emulate it in slow motion with lots of checkpoints to see if they are starting to understand it, then have them start swinging a bit. Video them. Let THEM see if they look anything like videos posted on this site of hitters, maybe even use Perfect Circle's kid as an example though her swing is rather particular --ie, pretty "big". That should get them more "in the ballpark."
THEN, if you'd like, deep dive into this site and you'll start to understand how to take a basic swing and work it into something better -- how it works, what terms get used around here (sorry PC, but you're not helping by taking terms like rotational and linear and on a discussion board 100% changing their meaning vs. traditional meaning -- it just confuses things...I know you mean well and I enjoy watching your DD's progression ).
You'll need to do as much learning as the girls will. It is GREAT you are helping them, take your time and enjoy it!
I wonder if Mann is around, I think he's taken groups of raw kids from scratch before and gotten them on a good path. Perhaps he has starting-point suggestions.
THEN, if you'd like, deep dive into this site and you'll start to understand how to take a basic swing and work it into something better -- how it works, what terms get used around here (sorry PC, but you're not helping by taking terms like rotational and linear and on a discussion board 100% changing their meaning vs. traditional meaning -- it just confuses things...I know you mean well and I enjoy watching your DD's progression ).
You'll need to do as much learning as the girls will. It is GREAT you are helping them, take your time and enjoy it!
I wonder if Mann is around, I think he's taken groups of raw kids from scratch before and gotten them on a good path. Perhaps he has starting-point suggestions.