Good lord this is a lot of information!! . Thank you so much for the detailed comments, but I have to be honest, I'm lost not sure I follow all of this. But is there anyway to summarize without all the medical jargon. My apologies..Something to consider…I agree that the main problem begins at heel drop.
She gives up everything to the front side then.
She is very front side dominate, using the torso and front hip muscles…. to pull the hips/body around the front hip. This makes her come up and skip rear foot forward so much. Also makes the torso dysfunctional for the swing imo.
She looks very hip flexor and adductor dominate…which is two of the issues in someone quad dominate (a heads up as a possible problem since you have been dealing with it so long).
This is just my opinion….but I would have her work a different hip pattern from heel drop and see how she responded…something like the below.
It will probably feel very foreign to her.
1. Make sure she knows “hip extension” using the glutes and lower abdomen.
Have her feel hip extension… where the lower glute-hamstring meet (mostly rear side for her) and lower abdomen. (not goat humping, not hip thrust)…especially on the rear side. Rear knee goes slightly down rather than in (ease up on the adduction).
2. Make sure she knows “Thoracic-Pelvis Disassociation”…”thoracic rotation” with pelvis still, feeling the obliques. She should be able to feel which ext. oblique is turning the rib cage/shoulders. The front side ext. oblique rotates it to the rear side and it also plays a significant role in resisting thoracic/shoulder rotation while the hips fire. The rear side ext. oblique takes over for rotation of the thorax/shoulders for the swing. This is an important pattern to feel.. imo.
3. Get her in this torque position, rear arm slotted. Match Romero..she is pretty close.
4. Have her concentrate on "rear side" glute dominate “hip extension” …while straightening the front leg/front hip push back.... from this position without a swing. Goal being... hips stabilizing by hip extension.
Head must remain still here….when she gets this….she should feel like she is rotating more around the rear hip.
She will probably “need” to feel…actively pushing the front hip back by straightening the front leg as she does this…. till this becomes automatic. Once she gets it…the front leg/hip will feel more reactive and she should feel like the front side is working a lot less...and rear side working more.
Have her feel this pattern vs what she feels with her current pattern.
5. Do the above like…5 times of each…then SWING from a torque position …similar to Romero below…consider it a static “GO” drill from a torque position. Focus is hip extension and TTB.
Repeat the whole process…1 thru 5.
Romero obviously had a running start with the barrel here… so your DDs barrel will be slower…and she will need to TTB quickly...getting to hip extension just before contact.
6. Once you see a better hip pattern…start working it into a full swing. 5 torque drills or movements mentioned in 1,2 and 3 (whatever she needs to feel). Then a few full swings. Back and forth till she gets it. Do same progression with front toss ect. Just make sure she gets a running start with the barrel going into this position with her full swing.
Getting a better hip pattern and a more rear side pattern for the swing (less front side dominance)….will take care of a lot of these issues and the mishits you have mentioned in previous post and I would suspect more power to develop.
She looks athletic so it shouldn’t take long on a tee swing to learn a new pattern. Game swing will take time.
I would suspect to see a significant change in just a few weeks in at least tee/soft toss drills…not months and most definitely not years.
If she can’t do this or doesn’t show improvements in just a few weeks with a consistent effort….I would consider having her tested for quad dominance/glute amnesia and start correcting that with a good trainer.
Just my opinion...on what I would do without having tested her…hope it helps…Good Luck!
Happy Mothers Day to all the MOMS!
EDIT: NM, I think I got it, thanks again
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