Ryn swings for hitting coach Rob Crews...

[2bucketdad]

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[Tewks]

Catch phrase galore. Did he ever get into why's and how's?

 

[2bucketdad]

Yes but not why the software was recording...sorry...
The only part I am still confused on is the her hips being done too soon?
Lots of good drills and instruction for our whole team but we did not have enough time for each child...

 

[Wellphyt]

Check out the hand action of Katie Cochran, Barry Bonds and Jennie Finch. They drop down and then go back up to arm pit height where the swing is launched. The slight drop of the hands occurs when the hips cock and IMO is part of a good sequence. If the hand cock is removed, you run the risk of messing up the hitter's rhythm.

Ted Williams said that the hands do not have to be any higher than the highest strike that will be called. Which is typically at the letters. Why does he want her to get her hands up higher? Probably so she can swing down to the ball.

Also, IMO the reason her hips finished early is because she was early on her swing. It happens...even to the best.


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[obbay]

The only part I am still confused on is the her hips being done too soon?

hips stopped rotating just before contact

I wasn't sure what he meant about the swing after contact...

 

[SBFAMILY]

Agree with Wellphyt. I can't post the video's, but look at Pujols, Whatley, Jung, Rodriquez on RVP and watch the hand action. We tell the hitter we want the hands slightly above the plane of the pitch. Wellphyt, that doesn't mean they are swinging down on the ball, if they adjust the bat angle correctly to the plane of the pitch. Example a drop ball in softball and then a riseball in softball where the hands are slightly higher in softball . Ted didn't have to face Finch's riseball.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

SBF ... agree with the cue of "hands above the ball".

 

[softballphreak]

Check out the hand action of Katie Cochran, Barry Bonds and Jennie Finch. They drop down and then go back up to arm pit height where the swing is launched. The slight drop of the hands occurs when the hips cock and IMO is part of a good sequence. If the hand cock is removed, you run the risk of messing up the hitter's rhythm.

Ted Williams said that the hands do not have to be any higher than the highest strike that will be called. Which is typically at the letters. Why does he want her to get her hands up higher? Probably so she can swing down to the ball.

Also, IMO the reason her hips finished early is because she was early on her swing. It happens...even to the best.


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Because her hands were early on her swing. Hips could be on time. Hands got ahead of the engine.

 

[SBFAMILY]

If someone has it post Finch's Video pitching against MLB players it is a hoot ! She made them look like fools. A bigger issue is in softball , kids trying to hit a riseball with the hands below the plane of the pitch. They have no hope of hitting the ball. I think in softball you see the hands slightly higher, like Watley, Lee, and Bustos have in the videos that have been posted.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

If someone has it post Finch's Video pitching against MLB players it is a hoot ! She made them look like fools. A bigger issue is in softball , kids trying to hit a riseball with the hands below the plane of the pitch. They have no hope of hitting the ball. I think in softball you see the hands slightly higher, like Watley, Lee, and Bustos have in the videos that have been posted.

There is even a video of Tincher throwing a riseball to Bustos, and making Bustos look foolish. It happens .... it happens to the best hitters, even those with a large database in terms of being in the box against such pitching.