If you watch Eric's video around 1:05, you'll see the coach demonstrate the stride, how the hands go back (or stay back) as he strides/moves forward. That's the right sequence.
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If you watch Eric's video around 1:05, you'll see the coach demonstrate the stride, how the hands go back (or stay back) as he strides/moves forward. That's the right sequence.
Here u go, batting practice a few weeks ago. We have fixed the long stride and the bent front knee in this video.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wRDHYx4hy-4
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wRDHYx4hy-4
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She looks pretty balanced in the last video. One thing I would definitely work on (that has nothing to do with your original problem) is she is not getting her back hip completely through. That is a significant source of power loss.
You better work on barrel path.....
You better work on barrel path.....and sequence....if you want further help you should post this on the tech or practical hitting threads.
Who is this 'we'. Your DD needs informed help if you want her to have continued success. Sorry to be blunt.
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There are some more advanced observers here, and perhaps they can critique my critique ...
I don't see where the stride length was an issue. As far as the bent front knee, what is important IMO is not the knee angle but having front-side resistance. To get that, you have to have some energy moving forward that is resisted by the front side. Those who execute that generally have very little bend (if any) in the front knee at contact. But it sounds like your hitter is merely accomplishing a position at point in time (very little if no bend in the knee at contact) without doing the right movements and patterns that make the front leg position relevant. Instead, it looks like she is bringing up the front leg up, then bringing it down and spinning. It's not much different than squishing the bug.
The bending of the front knee is still there. Probably because this hitter has a hands 'level' to the ball barrel path. The bending of the front knee is getting the hands down level to the ball.
Yes, whole rear side 'spinning' as one unit. From the top of the barrel down to her rear foot toes.
This...
...is not "fixed". Landing the stride with a stiff front leg is just as much an issue - maybe more - than the knee never getting extended.
Look at video of the best hitters in baseball and softball and pay attention to the timing of when the stride foot lands and when the front knee is fully extended. Here's one example...
Two things...
1) Draw a line from the young hitter's rear hip through the young hitter's front hip (while her front leg is in the air). What direction is the line pointing? Now do the same thing with Miggy. See a difference? The young hitter's sequence is controlled by her front leg which is a key point to fix, IMO.
2) To Eric's point, watch the timing of the front leg. The resistance/extension is part of the timing mechanism. Watch when Miggy's front leg straightens and compare that to the young hitter. Fix the first thing I have listed above and I would be willing to bet that this will also improve.
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Dixon wrote that the hips travel "forward ahead of the shoulders in a line to the right of the target because they are cocked. Hip travel does not begin straight ahead." That is, with regard to hip direction, Dixon viewed the forward movement of the hips as having a coiling like action.
In a sense, the hips get in the way to get out of the way.
