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[julray]

So DD has figured somethings out and we are seeing big improvements with her swing and great contact. She played in 6 games over the weekend and only 3 AB's resulted in a weak ground ball or popup. Her contact rate is through the roof and she's hitting the ball hard.... mostly line shots and hard grounders. Even balls hit right at infielders are them issues because they are hit hard. Somethings we have done to improve;

1. Focusing on hands, used the pvc tool(looks like a billy club) to instill tighter hand pivot
2. Getting on plane early
3. Hitting the ball with a top down approach, this does not mean chopping down on the ball, but hands above the ball with the barrel getting on plane early and staying on plane
4. Staying inside the ball, this has resulted in inside pitches that were once rolled over and pulled foul being lined over SS into the gap

However there is still a lot of room for improvement. We want to see the hard grounders transformed into gappers. I set up behind her in a couple of plate appearances and it seems she is at times hitting the top part of the ball.. doesn't seem to be a result of barrel path (chopping down on ball), but just where contact is happening. Any suggestions to help correct this?

 

[Eric F]

Video is always the preferred way to diagnose issues. Congrats to your DD on the improvements.

With my DD, when I start seeing a lot of ground balls, and a lack of squared line drives and deep fly balls, it's invariably a lack of pulling with her back, and her torso pushing forward over the rear hip.

 

[julray]

Video is always the preferred way to diagnose issues. Congrats to your DD on the improvements.

With my DD, when I start seeing a lot of ground balls, and a lack of squared line drives and deep fly balls, it's invariably a lack of pulling with her back, and her torso pushing forward over the rear hip.

This makes sense to me and I have seen this in her swing as well.. thanks Eric

 

[TDS]

Video is always the preferred way to diagnose issues. Congrats to your DD on the improvements.

With my DD, when I start seeing a lot of ground balls, and a lack of squared line drives and deep fly balls, it's invariably a lack of pulling with her back, and her torso pushing forward over the rear hip.

Eric, never herd of torso pushing forward over the rear hip.. Do you have an example of this ?

 

[Eric F]

Eric, never herd of torso pushing forward over the rear hip.. Do you have an example of this ?

At contact, draw a line from knee to hip to shoulder. When things are working right for my DD, that line is straight, or even a slight rearward tilt above the hip (torso pulling back). When the line tilts forward above the hip (torso pushing forward), the result has been a much higher rate of ground balls and lower-quality contact for my DD. We have seen this correlation with my DD a few times.

There aren't lines drawn on the video, but you can hopefully see the differences I'm talking about...

 

[TDS]

Thanks Eric !! Looks to me like she is pushing/driving the swing with the rear leg/hip.

 

[Eric F]

Thanks Eric !! Looks to me like she is pushing/driving the swing with the rear leg/hip.

This was from a phase when she was really struggling.

This thread is about julray's DD. Let's not get distracted.

 

[_MIA_]

Nice!! Nothing to add (without video) other than that sometimes the pitcher wins the battle..

 

[Eric F]

Nice!! Nothing to add (without video) other than that sometimes the pitcher wins the battle..

This is true. However, this why you need to look at trends and the things that might be happening different when the trends change.

 

[_MIA_]

This is true. However, this why you need to look at trends and the things that might be happening different when the trends change.

Of course, hence my video comment.. To analyze trends in Marcela I need to view things in a 100 dimensional space.. (sorry math geek joke)