Haley

[FP26]

I hope any of what I was saying made sense . I get what you are saying.. by getting under she wasn't clipping the underside the ball(that's what I had in my mind).. she was squaring it up and intersecting way out front during the steeply upward portion of the swing. Oppo makes sense to me as part of the solution. Glad things have worked out for her.

Yes, after reading it a couple of times it made sense. And then I wondered why I didn't understand it the first time I read it... Anyway, hitting out front was part of her long term habits. So even when we started adjusting her barrel path, she still focused on hitting out front. It was something I missed until I started watching the video. As soon as I figured it out, I showed her and her dad (He was a D1 catcher before he messed up his ankle...) It became obvious to all 3 of us. Then it was just a matter of figuring out what adjustments to make. I would like to think my help was part of the solution, but honestly she is an amazing athlete with ridiculous work ethic. I'm quite sure she would have been successful with or without my help.

 

[julray]

Yes, after reading it a couple of times it made sense. And then I wondered why I didn't understand it the first time I read it...

It's because I'm a confusing person.. lol

 

[Cornbread]

We are working on smoothing out her bat angle. Here is our attempt at increasing her awareness and ability to control the bat and let the ball travel in to her hitting zone. Too may years of being taught to extend to the ball, not by me.

JMO but be careful isolating hands. Sometimes that will make girls jump the sequence a little bit. To do this same drill, I’d get her in a post stride position with so torso rotation, back knee pinched forward, and with a loaded scap. Or have her go through her normal load stride mechanism and do the same bat path mechanic you are working on.

 

[Mike-Coach-Q]

We worked on building up to low line drives today. Will eventually work this in to a full swing like cornbread suggested but a lot going on at the moment.

 

[_MIA_]

Glad to know all those hours of playing pepper growing up were good for something

In all seriousness, you guys have put in some really good work. While I don't think this drill will undo anything you have done (like I said it just reminds me of pepper..), personally I would see where she is in her game swing before I started to incorporate stuff to fix something which may not be an issue at game speed. Nothing like a game to see what her real mechanics are...

Tell her to keep up with the hard work!!

 

[Mike-Coach-Q]

We disagree....... it's not hard work when u love it. TY and I will tell her. We workout on hitting & pitching 3 days a week 2 hours. Then she has a team mate 2 days a week she works with. This kid is non stop.

I'd love to see a game swing soon.

 

[_MIA_]

We disagree....... it's not hard work when u love it. TY and I will tell her. We workout in hitting & pitching 3 days a week 2 hours. Then she has a team mate 2 days a week she works with. This kid is non stop.

Good point..I will modify it to "keep up the good work" Hard work is changing diapers..yecch.

 

[Mike-Coach-Q]

She wants to play in college. We put a plan together and she just working that plan

Haley tends to be early and way out front. Hopping this drill will help her to let the ball travel. We did change the way she prepares and times the pitch.

 

[Mike-Coach Q]

Besides driving the ball 250+ , I want my kids to hit in a big zone. That takes lots of discipline and launching the barrel from the same point is one of the goals. I feel the drill of building up to low line drives or pepper as Pattar called it is helpful in regards to the low and high pitch.

 

[Mike-Coach Q]

Here is a high pitch followed by a low pitch. Not by design lol. Getting the body to do a specific pattern when your eyes tell you something different takes practice.