Snap stops, plastic ball on tee. It just seems to simplify things, hope my DD has the same experience. During snap stops I also focus on keeping my head still.. I don't like how some the demos I've been watching how the kids head really tilts sideways prior to contact. This is what I did during my first session
With tool;
With bat;
- Dry Snap stops from neck slot from a stable standing position,
- Snap stops from neck slot from a stable standing position with plastic ball on tee
- Snap stops from neck slot with a striding sequence with plastic ball on tee
With my DD, I will add in front toss with both the tool and bat. I will also do the SnF drill at both 180 and 45 degress
- Snap stops from neck slot from a stable standing position with softball on tee. Don't think I will be asking my DD to many of those.. I found this a little hard on the wrist because the barrel wanted to progress forward. Maybe I'll ask her to do this drill @ 50%
- neck slot with a striding sequence with softball on tee
During each step, I just focused on maintaining the distance between my elbows.. strangely I found other body parts being engaged without having to think about it. It just seemed to simplify the swing. I felt like I was generating power, without having to focus on generating power. Just a nice smooth fast movement that was very sudden. At no time at all did I think about TTB. I also changed heights of the tee. I will probably start with high tee for my DD, she had a habit of dumping the barrel when trying something similar to this before.. that was my own fault when instructing her improperly
Great write-up, thanks for doing that.