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yeah, stability and mobility. For example, the scaps need something stretch against, stability.
Posture is important.
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Posture is important. Posture is a byproduct of core stiffness. Not a position to turn from or hit from.
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To the OP - learn to strengthen the core muscles to stiffen the spine/torso and watch the long swing tighten up.
Controlling the middle helps control the rear shoulder that is right now loose and allowing the barrel to drop and allowing the arms to lengthen behind her.
Controlling the middle helps control the rear shoulder that is right now loose and allowing the barrel to drop and allowing the arms to lengthen behind her.
This here is "Level Then Swing".
Your daughter is performing the leveling process (aligning the barrel with the ball) by first flattening the bat, and then swinging.
Instead, learn to 'work the barrel' to the ball while applying pressure with the hands ... turn the barrel. In other words, the leveling process should occur as you swing.
Her posture is all wrong.
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One of the things I advocate is having a hitter squeeze their core as the lower half begins to drive ... results in a significant jump of the ball off of the barrel ... i.e. power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr2xlwXwrWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyMm9oq2AgY
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Very good listening!
McGill trains athletes to pulse at the moment of impact. That is why I said before that it is not just about using the core to swing. In sports like baseball/softball/golf - there needs to a be tension free environment for the arms and legs even though the core is used to keep the spine from moving around too much. The athlete learns to recruit then relax and then quickly recruit the core muscles again at impact.
Some hitters learn the first part but then relax too soon losing all of the potential energy.
The gathering/loading phase is the first part.
When the hitter finishes her stretch she learns to relax (but not entirely so the spine is still supported) so things can be tension free as the swing unfolds - I teach the hitters to learn take the core stiffness all the way to the front foot landing otherwise the energy is released through the front leg while still in the air and the rear leg will wobble.
Then she learns to stiffen the core a second time at contact.
There a few really, really good exercises to train the correct core muscles for softball and it isn't crunches or quick rotary movements.
McGill trains athletes to pulse at the moment of impact. That is why I said before that it is not just about using the core to swing. In sports like baseball/softball/golf - there needs to a be tension free environment for the arms and legs even though the core is used to keep the spine from moving around too much. The athlete learns to recruit then relax and then quickly recruit the core muscles again at impact.
Some hitters learn the first part but then relax too soon losing all of the potential energy.
The gathering/loading phase is the first part.
When the hitter finishes her stretch she learns to relax (but not entirely so the spine is still supported) so things can be tension free as the swing unfolds - I teach the hitters to learn take the core stiffness all the way to the front foot landing otherwise the energy is released through the front leg while still in the air and the rear leg will wobble.
Then she learns to stiffen the core a second time at contact.
There a few really, really good exercises to train the correct core muscles for softball and it isn't crunches or quick rotary movements.
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