Do you mean he's showing the right things but giving the wrong reasons/descriptions?
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Do you mean he's showing the right things but giving the wrong reasons/descriptions?
Back pocket to pitcher is gotta be one of my favorite cues.
Rear back pocket, it allows younger player understand that it's the lower half not a arm/hand. Initiated action. Although currently my DD even with that cue is in a habit of using the arms to try and initiate it. It creates problems. She does it right off of the tee, but during front toss it kind of falls apart. It's almost like she is trying to reach back for more.The front back pocket or the rear leg back pocket? I like the rear back pocket, not allot, just enough of screwing into the ground, and the backside creating this action.
Would it be absurd to suggest that maybe just telling her to get the knob of her bat pointed at the catcher before launch might help her get closer to a good load? I understand that a kid might just tilt the bat and not really put their body in a better position but DS has always been a very good hitter, without much instruction, and that cue seems to largely get him into a better position without needing much else.
The reason I haven't really tried it with her is because they are very different in terms of general awareness and understanding "feel". I think some of it is attributable to his natural predilection to "hit stuff real hard" (I've found, after coaching both baseball and softball, that as a rule, violence comes more natural to boys lol). It seems like his body naturally finds it's way into positions that generate power and create leverage, whereas the entire idea is foreign to her and makes me what to pull my hair out trying to get her to understand.
Maybe I just answered my own question about why it wouldn't work for her (and maybe doesn't work for a lot of girls, at least when they're young)...
... Proper loading of the back leg and hip as you gain ground will in itself cause the separation needed.
What I'm wondering is for a girl who can't understand how it feels to load the back leg/hip probably, she might do it accidentally by using those movements/muscles to get the knob in that position (like DS seems to do), instead of just moving her hands back (what I worry about Olivia doing). I guess it's a coin toss. Maybe it's a better idea to at least attempt to get her to feel a proper load before trying a shortcut like that.