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Feb 25, 2020
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Watch Trout and how he doesn’t seat back in his load. The angle of his back leg and the ground stays roughly the same where your DD shifts back and posts her back leg 90 degrees



He also has like 70%+ weight forward at launch(like 95 at contact probly). She needs to get more forward for sure.
 
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Mar 19, 2009
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Several things could help. What’s stands out to me is the position of the forearms right before and during the launch of your bat.
 

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Mar 19, 2009
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Swings all start perpendicular to the forearm
 

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Aug 20, 2017
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She was rushed on the first few swings. Last swing her rhythm was better. She has to be moving forward at pitch release. All the loading back stuff needs to be completed prior to pitch release.
 
May 15, 2008
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When I see an elbow up that high I am always on the lookout for a particular grip flaw. Her knuckles are not aligned properly. Her punching knuckles are lined up or are closely aligned, ideally you want the doorknocks lined up with the other hand punchers, or less. Try it yourself, grab a bat and line up the punching knuckles, when you swing it you will see how awkward it feels and how it causes you to roll over early. The elbow itself is not the cause but it predisposes a hitter to take a grip with the knuckles lined up incorrectly (and grip too much in the palm). There are plenty of videos on how to grip a bat, find one and try it.
 
May 8, 2019
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When I see an elbow up that high I am always on the lookout for a particular grip flaw. Her knuckles are not aligned properly. Her punching knuckles are lined up or are closely aligned, ideally you want the doorknocks lined up with the other hand punchers, or less. Try it yourself, grab a bat and line up the punching knuckles, when you swing it you will see how awkward it feels and how it causes you to roll over early. The elbow itself is not the cause but it predisposes a hitter to take a grip with the knuckles lined up incorrectly (and grip too much in the palm). There are plenty of videos on how to grip a bat, find one and try it.

I did notice something with her grip. Seems like she grips it very tightly in her palms but didn’t look at knuckles, thanks though
 
Oct 13, 2014
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Establishing a pivot point early will go along way way for this hitter. Right now there isn’t one. So timing, posture and path will vary. The head/spine is the early pivot. The hips will ‘turn/coil’ sooner. The shoulders will slide sooner. The early use of the lower body should dissipate bc of the ‘balanced’ load. Notice the head move back very little and the body react off that resistance. Fix that first. That should clean up quite a bit. Video and post.

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