- May 22, 2012
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Little DD been struggling with collapsing the rear side and leveling hands to the ball height.
Can I get some feedback on this swing
thanks
Can I get some feedback on this swing
thanks
Overall she just looks fantastic. I really struggle with the same thing you do. I have tried this same drill and it seems to work on the surface but my fear is that it leads to an artificial band aid. Looking at your DDs swing, she starts her hands well ahead of her body in order to clear that rear tee, I doubt that happens in a game swing but I wonder if she were able to adapt this to a game swing if she wouldn't be worse off than if she were collapsing and swinging flat.
The thing I like about leveling and swinging flat (as far as flaws go) is that it is born out of a desire for power and it can be a powerful swing. replacing it with anything that bypasses a good stretch seems like throwing the baby out with the bath water.
I think the key to fixing it once the tee swing looks good is to give the hands a different task during the load/read.
if you are familiar with the command drill you will find that kids do not drop and drag when doing that drill but the minute you front toss to them and they have to read a pitch then this pattern emerges. so if you can give the hands another task during load instead of coming up and over and down while dropping the barrel then you might see some improvement without bypassing the stretch.
JJ great points.
Let's compare swings then. Below is a very successful swing that has some obvious flattening and leveling flaws. High pitch though.