Jenna Lilley

[strawman]

I'm not seeing Harper.

Me either. That being said, I haven't seen anyone that looks like Harper.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Looks like harper.

I'm not seeing Harper.

Good clip of Harper.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

I dont always compare swings but when I do I use swings at pitches in similar locations.

Okay, let's see these comparisons you've posted.

 

[ian]

Okay, let's see these comparisons you've posted.

Youre the post king....I didnt delete my posts. If you would like to show the difference between the two go right ahead. If you want to compare swings on a up and In pitch to a down over the plate and highlight the slight bend in the elbow to prove your opinion thats cool with me.

 

[Eric F]

Looks like harper.

What things are you seeing that look like Harper? I'm not challenging you to prove you wrong. I'm curious about the common components you're seeing.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Youre the post king....I didnt delete my posts. If you would like to show the difference between the two go right ahead. If you want to compare swings on a up and In pitch to a down over the plate and highlight the slight bend in the elbow to prove your opinion thats cool with me.

The point you are trying to make was already made. Why do you think I asked EricF the location of the pitch AND for additional video?

But since you brought up yourself as an example to follow in comparing swings with similar location ... let's see these posts of yours. Shouldn't be hard for you to produce them ... like you said, you don't do it very often ... or are you simply spouting off?

 

[ian]

The point you are trying to make was already made. Why do you think I asked EricF the location of the pitch AND for additional video?

But since you brought up yourself as an example to follow in comparing swings with similar location ... let's see these posts of yours. Shouldn't be hard for you to produce them ... like you said, you don't do it very often ... or are you simply spouting off?

I posted game footage of harper. I reposted a swing of lilley. They are there for you to gif and draw red lines and show me all the differences you see.


You said Jenna Lilley has cleaned up a bit but she still needs some work. What did you mean by that? You were just spouting off...

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

I posted game footage of harper. I reposted a swing of lilley. They are there for you to gif and draw red lines and show me all the differences you see.


You said Jenna Lilley has cleaned up a bit but she still needs some work. What did you mean by that? You were just spouting off...

I see, as I suspected ... you are merely spouting off. What ever gets your jollies off I suppose.

If you follow the discussion you will see that EricF suggested that the swing issue being discussed may be due to an adjustment to an inside pitch location.

I followed up suggesting that it could also be a carry over from her prior swing mechanics.

Take note that this is BP and doesn’t look to be overly challenging pitch speed … IMO. I also see this particular swing mechanic in her other swings.

It may be an adjustment being made to a pitch location … or it may be that she has embedded a somewhat non-optimal swing mechanic. More swing clips would help with that.

Overall, I see her as having cleaned up a great deal of issues, but perhaps leaving one potentially fairly important issue unresolved.

 

[Eric F]

I see, as I suspected ... you are merely spouting off. What ever gets your jollies off I suppose.

If you follow the discussion you will see that EricF suggested that the swing issue being discussed may be due to an adjustment to an inside pitch location.

I followed up suggesting that it could also be a carry over from her prior swing mechanics.

Take note that this is BP and doesn’t look to be overly challenging pitch speed … IMO. I also see this particular swing mechanic in her other swings.

It may be an adjustment being made to a pitch location … or it may be that she has embedded a somewhat non-optimal swing mechanic. More swing clips would help with that.

Overall, I see her as having cleaned up a great deal of issues, but perhaps leaving one potentially fairly important issue unresolved.

I really wish there was more to see from this BP session. Someone at USA Softball has that video, I would guess.

As for the front arm "issue", you might very well be correct that it's a carry-over, rather than an adjustment. Without seeing more examples of her current swing, I guess we won't resolve that right now. I would like to see what she looks like on a low-out pitch.

As you mentioned previously, it's good to see that one of the best hitters on one of the top D1 teams (and now on the Nat team, too) appears to still be working hard at improving her game. That said, JL is known pretty well to be one of the hardest-working players in the game.

 

[strawman]

Looks to me like she's simply late on an inside pitch. Has to pull her arms in to barrel the ball. If you look at the comparison to Pederson, they both seem (I say "seem" because its kind of difficult to tell with the camera angle) to be hitting the ball to the same part of the field, but he's able to extend because he's hitting a ball out over the plate.