Thanks. She will be 9 Halloween. We've really been working on this hip thing. I think she is plenty strong also, but hearing others say it is like confirmation. I just hink she doesn't have the awareness of her body yet. It's kinda frustrating for us both. I keep repeating the same things and she does seem like she understands. She even demonstrates it in slow motion, but when she swings at live pitching her elbows lead the way. I have gotten her to coil her hips it's just getting her to fire them before her arms.Underground, I'm a fan of your dd. She's athletic and will be fine. I think she was my DD's age, 9 or so right? Her stance and setup are better than many kids that age. That right there is encouraging. She gets some whip going with the bat, the 3rd hit looks nice and I can see why you say she can hit some far balls when she gets a hold of it.
Mechanics-wise we're all on the same page. I think you are right it's just hard for most girls this age to actually get their body to do it. You may just need to let her coordination develop. It's not a strength issue. I am not a physiologist but in my mind the hip is primarily fired with the ab + glute, and maybe some hamstring. Can your DD hula-hoop? Because if she can she's plenty strong enough. It will come.
She has a nice stance and stride with separation. The timing is off but that will come. She comes down on her front toe and then naturally puts the heel down as she fires her swing. Her front toe is still pointing straight across. Maybe try having her point it at 2nd baseman as a first step to see if that helps.
I'm gonna try to talk to hitting coach tonight. All I ever hear is praise out of him when she is in the cages. Which makes me think maybe she is where she needs to be at this stage of development. I just hate to seem like I'm telling the guy how to do his job. She's been taking group lessons, so it's more like batting practice. We're trying to get her into private lessons but they are all booked up.