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Thank you! I didn't realize how much more forward she went after her foot landed. We have been working on whipping through contact to extension. This is actually an improvement for a while she couldn't hit anything to the left side because she held contact for so long. We havent discussed the back elbow at all so this is interesting. I'm not so concerned about the height the of the hands but we should try and be consistent in one position. Really appreciate the breakdown. The good thing is she is having success and I attribute a lot of it to all of you.I suppose my opinion would be to work on keeping hands high until swing launch. get into a better athletic position like W=W said with flatter back creating a better starting posture. Land into a firm front side allowing the head to stay farther back over backside.
My opinion is that the swing is a ballistic launch getting the barrel out to the location of the pitch, then the brakes go on and the hands release to the pitch. If the body continues to 'swing' you get spinny. The release and extension phase of the swing is what actually pulls the body thru. But all the initial force should be aimed at the pitch location and the brakes applied to allow the whip and release.
again, all just my 2 cents with things that have helped my DD. good luck
Here is the post with the inverted top hand drill.
https://www.discussfastpitch.com/threads/help-with-my-14u-daughter.41029/post-613545