having difficulty making solid contact

[theaddition]

I only have video of my daughter off the tee but thought this video would be a start- I will try to get her hitting off a toss as well = thanks for any comments or advice. Problem may be she is rolling her hands. (BTW she is in 8th grade- 14u)

EEC.MOV - YouTube

She loads improperly(Extremely common for this age group)She creates "false" separation. By that I mean her hands go back when she picks up her lead foot.
If you look at the Jen Yee clip in the techincal forum here at DFP you'll see that as she moves forward her hands go back.
Yee also uses a bat tip prior to her hands going back. The bat tip is a movement that "tames" the hands (delays the hands going back). Yee's hands can't go back until the bat barrel is untipped (returned to a less verticle position).
I mention this because it may work for your DD. She needs a movement to delay her speration.
Other possible methods to introduce a delay (there are dozens) to your DD would be a hand pump (Bonds) or a forward hands set to loaded hand set ala Jeff kent. You'll need to experiment with hundreds of practice swings as it will be an un-natural move.

 

[tom.guerry]

Some hand/leg upper/lower synch info:

Showing when and how it's happening - YouTube

from:

Everything Hitting: Tip and barrel path

and as a mechanism for "running start":

Everything Hitting: Tip and turn

runningstart:

AB Hitting: What is a running start?

 

[MandM]

thank you all for the feedback, she has been working at it and hopefully I can post some new video soon to see the progression

 

[Jim]

She loads improperly(Extremely common for this age group)She creates "false" separation. By that I mean her hands go back when she picks up her lead foot.
If you look at the Jen Yee clip in the techincal forum here at DFP you'll see that as she moves forward her hands go back.
Yee also uses a bat tip prior to her hands going back. The bat tip is a movement that "tames" the hands (delays the hands going back). Yee's hands can't go back until the bat barrel is untipped (returned to a less verticle position).
I mention this because it may work for your DD. She needs a movement to delay her speration.
Other possible methods to introduce a delay (there are dozens) to your DD would be a hand pump (Bonds) or a forward hands set to loaded hand set ala Jeff kent. You'll need to experiment with hundreds of practice swings as it will be an un-natural move.

Hitters shouldn't really load their hands, they should load their rear arm/elbow to throw the barrel. The hands move back because the loading movement of the rear arm/scap/elbow moves the hands. The bat tilt is a result of a good rear arm and back side load. The load is the goal, not the tilt. The tilt is a good byproduct of a good load.

This girl uses way too much front side pull during her swing that causes much of her head tilt. Load and use more of the rear arm/top hand and the head tilt will lesson.

 

[theaddition]

Hitters shouldn't really load their hands, they should load their rear arm/elbow to throw the barrel. The hands move back because the loading movement of the rear arm/scap/elbow moves the hands. The bat tilt is a result of a good rear arm and back side load. The load is the goal, not the tilt. The tilt is a good byproduct of a good load.

Ridiculous. Go tell that to Youklis and the like.