- May 13, 2008
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Thank you for taking the time to view the videos and comment. No, she didn't have a load in those videos, but I don't recall anyone explaining to her what a load was--I'm just beginning to learn swing mechanics. They'd just tell her to load up. Now since she has been seeing a coach, she does load but I'm not sure if the bat lag is cured. I'll video tape here tonight in a cage and see if anything is different. What got me to think about sharing these videos and asking for comments was the "elbow leading the hands" thread. Does it look like her elbow is leading the hands in the third video?
Yes. She is dragging the bat in all three swings. It wouldn't surprise me if she has been taught to "swing level" or given that as a cue for hitting. She is dropping the bat down and pulling it around her body, essentially "dragging" it through the hitting zone. What you'll see is a lot of popups, grounders, and third base foul balls with this type of swing. I would pitch her inside, up and in, and she'd have an extremely hard time putting a ball into play in fair territory.
Anyway, back foot usually doesn't come up--I've never seen it do that. I did read the Megan 1-tee--great kid btw--and will use what I can. We did start the front one hand swing lately. We'll try the reverse back hand and see what happens.
If you look she is doing it in the second swing as well. I wouldn't worry about that one bit. IMO it is a good thing. What you don't want is the rear foot action in the first video. We'll cut her some slack, however, as the pitch location may have had some influence on that.