DD hitting drill

[TNdad]

Good. Right now she brings her upper rear arm with her as she moves her hips/tailbone forward. I'd rather see her create a 'stretch'. Visualize an elastic between the rear hip and rear shoulder ... or if you can, between the rear hip and the top hand. You want to get that elastic somewhat taut as the hips/tailbone are brought forward.

As an FYI ... when I say load the hands 'rearward' ... that rearward is not towards the catcher ... I'm talking about the "up & IN" action ... it's more like turning up the rear elbow, or rear upper arm, in ... it's like bringing the rear upper arm towards the third-base coach for a right-handed hitter.

One more thing. Your daughter has her hands "high" in her stance. That will make it more difficult for her to capture the "up & IN" loading of the hands rearward as she moves her hips/tailbone forward. So as you work through this ... test having a stance in which her hands are lower ... towards the height of her arm-pit ... and see if she can't develop the "up & IN" action from there.

One last thought for you .... a hand-pump like action can provide a means of keeping the hands back while the hips/tailbone move forward ... a 'hitch' like action. Just something else to consider here as you work your way through this.

Thanks. Some good info. We will probably work out this evening and get more video to post. She is also a pitcher and focused more on it in the past. Her travel ball coach is a very respected hitting coach also. We haven't had time to get with him one on one since November and she has picked up some bad habits. Thanks again for input.

 

[TNdad]

In case this was taken lightly, consider how she stretches and reaches, without a coil, for the ball. With the correct coil, she wouldn't have been able to reach the ball without losing connection.

Visualize letting the ball get deeper and what effect it would have on the mechanics. Most of the swings a batter does is from a tee or some form of soft toss. It's therefore very important that the point of contact is emphasized.

Not taken lightly. I was tossing a little to far out front after watching clip. Intent was to get her to "attack ball" she jumped up a couple age groups late last summer (pitching) and was a little late on really good velocity pitchers as a hitter. thanks for input.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Thanks. Some good info. We will probably work out this evening and get more video to post. She is also a pitcher and focused more on it in the past. Her travel ball coach is a very respected hitting coach also. We haven't had time to get with him one on one since November and she has picked up some bad habits. Thanks again for input.

Hard to beat good one-on-one instruction. Communication via one-on-one is greatly improved ... an instructor can quickly grasp what is, and is not, being understood ... giving them an opportunity to repackage the concepts in a manner that the hitter may likely grasp. The quick feed-back via one-on-one is something that you won't get off of the Internet hitting boards. If possible ... weekly instruction is the way to go ... IMO anyway.

 

[straightleg]

You are correct. We watched video on on DVD in slo mo and caught it. working on it, any suggestions?

When you do a one arm drill, either hand, you should rest/contact the other hand to the bat.
It controls the load/distance you are moving your arms.

To control dropping of the hands
Here's a couple

Work in a mirror
Put something on the same plane or alittle up where the batter could go back and bump something
Hit balls of a high tee, very top of strike zone



Straightleg