Here are a couple I found on youtube, these are not my players nor do I know if they are doing it correctly or whatever. There are not that many videos out there and I will take some from my daughter when we hit next but this is a similar result to what our kids do. I guess I don't understand why driving the ball into the ground is the optimal result of a swing with the toy. I am definitely not claiming to be a swing coach of any kind and only use the drill because I saw a couple higher level coaches (much higher than me) using them. Neither of the people in these videos sling the ball into the ground. I have heard others talk of, and we use, the slinging the bat into the net drill. The drill with the dog toy looks and feels similar. I hope I didn't come off as a know it all and appreciate all the comments.I think what might help Buckeye is if we had a video of what a swing would look like if someone swung at a pitch the way you have to swing the toy to make the ball go into the net. Any bad swing GIFs floating around out there for a comparison?
Seeing that contrast might make the light go on.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_nTRIiWxoA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESx8xaiilO4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAiHvQDkHNc definitely not shoving ball to the ground
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