Taking advantage of the mild temps

[InsidePitch]

So our practice facility was flooded this weekend. The mild temps prompted the coach to call for an outdoor practice today. I brought my new toy (Kodak playsport) and took some video of DD hitting the T and some front toss. Bear with me as this is my first attempt at video.

Comments are welcome.

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[YOCOACH]

I am by no means a hitting coach so take this as a for what it's worth kind of thing... The one glaring thing I noticed was that the top of the bat was almost behind her head at load. This makes for a longer swing increasing the time it takes for the bat to reach the ball. My DD has the same problem and I'm tryng to get the bat more in line with the hands as she "throws" her hands at the pitcher.

 

[FiveFrameSwing]

Here's a GIF ....

The prior poster is correct ... this is technically 'bat drag'.

There are actually a host of issues with this swing. If possible, seeing a hitting instructor might help this girl overcome many of the issues.

The swing looks typical of someone that has been instructed to not drop/lower their shoulders. Unfortunately the 'level shoulder' approach demonstrated here won't work well against decent pitching.

 

[rdbass]

Just your average dad with a DD that has some/same of your DD issues.Check out "dd swing what needs improving'' in the hitting tech forum post #31.Short video of a girl squishing the bug/spinning.Also check out some of my post of my DD see her issues and all of the suggestions to help correct them.Hope this helps.

 

[InsidePitch]

The bat behind the head is something I have had to address every spring along with other perennial bad habits . Partially my fault for not dragging her to the cages over the winter and not enforcing a set warm up routine. Bad Dad.