My DD’s swing.

[Bobby Shirer]

DrRiello, I would focus on gaining fyb ground while the core is being stretched against it... Your daughter gains ground but the core never really gets engaged.. Notice Bustos doesn't need the big arm movements that Antonelli shows to create early bat speed.

A properly engaged core should allow the hands to be pulled through the zone and not pushed. Bonds allows his barrel to be un-tipped as the result of getting into a fyb hitting position vs creating big arm actions. Do you notice knob up on any of these swings ?

"Knob up" promotes getting the bat to rotate under the hands and changes the swing plane. See the video of DiCarlo's swing for reference. BTW all those swings are high pitches. Bonds actually hitting oppo? Rare video!

 

[TDS]

"Knob up" promotes getting the bat to rotate under the hands and changes the swing plane. BTW all those swings are high pitches. Bonds actually hitting oppo? Rare video!

Bobby, do you think by focusing on getting the knob up could impede hitters from getting on plane to cover the whole zone ? There's a reason in baseball that strikeouts are through the roof.

I don't see any of these guys trying to get the knob up.

 

[hummingbird]

I'm late to the party so maybe this has already been said.
What I see is her left elbow is chicken winging it. I usually tell my DD to think of working the left elbow up to the chin through contact, but in your DD's case, it looks like the elbow is already up through the entire swing.
Also try to have her stay back on the swing. Not keep the weight back, but have her keep her upper body back a bit, and explode on contact. From what I can see, she is leaking forward so there isn't that explosion that should be there.

 

[Bobby Shirer]

Bobby, do you think by focusing on getting the knob up could impede hitters from getting on plane to cover the whole zone ? There's a reason in baseball that strikeouts are through the roof.

I don't see any of these guys trying to get the knob up.

I'm not commenting on all swings or the strikeout rate in MLB.
My comment is to the original post and his daughter's swing. She swings down to the ball and a good way to teach getting the bat to rotate around and beneath the hands and get her on a better swing path is to have her let the knob point up which gets the barrel below her hands.
See DiCarlo's swing and these too.

 

[Bobby Shirer]

Bobby, do you think by focusing on getting the knob up could impede hitters from getting on plane to cover the whole zone ? There's a reason in baseball that strikeouts are through the roof.

I don't see any of these guys trying to get the knob up.

If you post real game swings of the 3 guys you posted cut ups from, I'll show you that they get the knob pointed up too. Maybe even if you post the entire gif of the 1st and 3rd they're doing it.

 

[Work=wins]

Get the hands on plane.

 

[TDS]

If you post real game swings of the 3 guys you posted cut ups from, I'll show you that they get the knob pointed up too. Maybe even if you post the entire gif of the 1st and 3rd they're doing it.

None of those guys are focused on getting the knob up.. They are whipping the barrel down (not chopping down around the ball) from a leveraged position..

 

[TDS]

If the goal is to get behind so one can swing up why not just start the axe (bat) flat from the waist ?

 

[Bobby Shirer]

None of those guys are focused on getting the knob up.. They are whipping the barrel down (not chopping down around the ball) from a leveraged position..

Answer this....if the barrel is below the hands, where is the knob pointed?

 

[Bobby Shirer]

If the goal is to get behind so one can swing up why not just start the axe (bat) flat from the waist ?

Early bat speed is why.