Thank you to everyone who responded. I was nervous to post her video for fear I was steering her in the wrong direction!
I can't wait to show her all the comments and recommendations especially the pictures and videos. I think that will help a lot!
Thank you to everyone who responded. I was nervous to post her video for fear I was steering her in the wrong direction!
I can't wait to show her all the comments and recommendations especially the pictures and videos. I think that will help a lot!
You certainly rec'd some very good and consistent feedback. The pics of your DD next to AS and JF are intended to show you the stabilization of the upper arm (brush interference), release point going past the brush point, and glove side adduction...they also show that the elite pitchers right knee and toes are facing towards home. Really nice work, showing all of the feedback you rec'd at once. My guess is that she has been taught somewhere along your journey to push off, get open, get closed. Probably even doing drills where she pushed off and opened completely stopping with her belly button facing 3rd and her hips completely open. My suggestion would be to make sure she forgets this teaching and that you don't drill it. As she drives forward, her hips will naturally open...and she should work on keeping that right knee coming forward. Whether she consciously thinks about it, or it is just muscle memory now...the teaching of essentially jumping to a fully open position has her hips overrotating, creating energy in the wrong direction, and not helping her get into a good position to create brush interference.
I'd challenge this some--why? JS's drive mechanics in mind. Sequence is the key...Of course, timing of the kickout is the key.