Drills to become backside dominant

[cbullard]

Any drills that can help with driving the back knee/becoming more backside dominant? DD does ok with it but sometimes she tends to be more frontside dominant.

 

[Work=wins]

Let the middle, pelvis, dictate the back leg. She lands in a decent position then gives up her leverage/energy and leaks it through the legs during launch. It will be hard to maintain good angles and the direction of energy efficiently. Hit against the legs. Never give up the legs.

 

[Cornbread]

IMO you need to work on the opposite. Get more linear movement during the stride. Notice the forward advancement of the belly button in the gif in WW post. Your DDs hands are way above the barrel at contact which will limit her adjustability. Willing to bet she struggles with pitches up in the zone (most do lol). If you get more linear during the stride the energy WW is talking about will not leak as much. Forward yet back during stride. However, don’t take a .400 hitter and make them a .200 hitter! She’s got a good swing

 

[Work=wins]

I like her swing as well. The EHE seems to be gone. The legs get rotated on video but the feel or action of the hitter shouldn’t be to rotate them. Stay straight my friend.

 

[Work=wins]

 

[cbullard]

IMO you need to work on the opposite. Get more linear movement during the stride. Notice the forward advancement of the belly button in the gif in WW post. Your DDs hands are way above the barrel at contact which will limit her adjustability. Willing to bet she struggles with pitches up in the zone (most do lol). If you get more linear during the stride the energy WW is talking about will not leak as much. Forward yet back during stride. However, don’t take a .400 hitter and make them a .200 hitter! She’s got a good swing

Appreciate the feedback! Ok talk to me like a 6 year old lol....what do you mean by more linear?.....lastly you mention hands way above the barrel, curious as to where they should be? Thanks again my friend

 

[cbullard]

Let the middle, pelvis, dictate the back leg. She lands in a decent position then gives up her leverage/energy and leaks it through the legs during launch. It will be hard to maintain good angles and the direction of energy efficiently. Hit against the legs. Never give up the legs.

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So, the middle initiates the turn while the legs stay anchored? Am I understanding that correctly?

 

[cbullard]

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Great gif. Makes sense

 

[Cornbread]

Appreciate the feedback! Ok talk to me like a 6 year old lol....what do you mean by more linear?.....lastly you mention hands way above the barrel, curious as to where they should be? Thanks again my friend

More linear: Moving forward toward the pitcher during the stride. Back knee and belly button both moving forward during the stride (the move out). When stride foot lands linear movement should be limited. Think “stay behind the ball” at launch. Linear during stride (forward momentum) rotational at foot down (she does this well).

Sorry but had to copy and paste this from Blast Softball:
Hands above barrel = Vertical bat angle
This is from blast softball:

Vertical Bat Angle is the angle of the bat with respect to horizontal at the moment of impact. Vertical Bat Angle is measured in degrees and provides the location of the barrel of the bat relative to the knob of the bat at impact. Vertical Bat Angle will be zero when the barrel of the bat and the knob are parallel to the ground. Vertical Bat Angle will be negative when the barrel of the bat is below the knob of the bat at impact.
Vertical bat angle is an important metric as it provides advanced insights into how much plate coverage the batter has at impact. Vertical bat angle is also important for understanding adjustability in a hitter's swing as it relates to different pitch types and locations. If the Vertical Bat Angle is close to horizontal, the hitter will have good plate coverage on the outside, however they will have difficulty hitting pitches up and down in the strike zone. If the Vertical Bat Angle is too steep, the hitter will have difficulty with plate coverage in terms of consistently hitting outside pitches.

Vertical Bat Angle is an advanced insight as it provides a direct measure of a hitter's ability to adjust to different pitch locations in the strike zone. The most efficient softball swings have a Vertical Bat Angle that is highly correlated to the amount of spinal or torso tilt. In these efficient swings, the hitter will adjust the Vertical Bat Angle by adjusting their posture through their core and upper body early in the swing to produce a bat path that can achieve full coverage throughout the strike zone.
The Vertical Bat Angle in batting practice or games will depend on the location of the pitch. Steeper angles are required for low and inside pitches, while shallower angles are required for high and outside pitches. Younger players tend to have a slightly flatter Vertical Bat Angle primarily due to strength considerations and swing style. Extreme pitch locations, such as low and inside or high and outside, can result in Vertical Bat Angles beyond this typical dynamic range.

The typical Vertical Bat Angle depends on age, strength, bat length and weight, experience level, swing style, and use case (practice swings vs game swings). Analysis from our database provides typical Vertical Bat Angle ranges for the following age groups and skill levels for softball:

* Professional: -20 to -30 deg
* College: -20 to -30 deg
* Travel Ball 16U - 18U: -20 to -30 deg
* High School Varsity: -20 to -30 deg
* High School Junior Varsity: -20 to -30 deg
* Travel Ball 12U - 14U: -15 to -25 deg
* Recreational: -15 to -25 deg

Her vertical bat angle looks to be -45 degrees or more. Look at the hand path in the gif above. Compare that to your DD. Freeze your DD video at contact

 

[Shawn]

Cbullard

What makes you think her backside isn’t enough in her swing? Looks like it is doing enough to me.