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Good advice so far. . Maybe your kid is different, but trying to tell my 9 year old something and expecting her to be able to incorporate it into her swing usually has
the same result as if I had asked her to solve the NP vs P problem. As others have suggested, sometimes finding drills which make it easier to isolate a certain movement pattern, in this
case "turning the barrel ", is a better solution. The link Eric gave looks pretty good, but admittedly I haven't tried it with my child.
Search the site for the "Braun drill (s)" which is a pretty good progression for trying to get the feel
for turning the barrel with your hands. I did that with my child as well as some swings from 1 knee (back knee with front leg out in front). If you search Casey drill you should be able to find it .
You may also see if starting with the barrel on her shoulder and having her swing from there helps. Once she gets the feel of that she can get back
to her normal setup (although you don't necessarily have to..see George Brett). It will also help with stopping her from dropping the barrel too far behind her
as FP26 alluded to.
Also if you have a video of her hitting live arm, post it (full speed..we can slow it down if necessary) or at least keep if for your reference.
Ultimately you want her live ball swing to work and while if she dragging the barrel off the tee she is probably doing it on pitched balls as well,
it is good to have a live ball swing checkpoint for future reference.
Finally, hopefully your chiild's improvement is monotonic in nature e.g. always improving, however I have found that with my kid it is often 2 steps forward and 1 step (hopefully only
1 but at times it seems like 10) steps back. Stay the course and be patient.
the same result as if I had asked her to solve the NP vs P problem. As others have suggested, sometimes finding drills which make it easier to isolate a certain movement pattern, in this
case "turning the barrel ", is a better solution. The link Eric gave looks pretty good, but admittedly I haven't tried it with my child.
Search the site for the "Braun drill (s)" which is a pretty good progression for trying to get the feel
for turning the barrel with your hands. I did that with my child as well as some swings from 1 knee (back knee with front leg out in front). If you search Casey drill you should be able to find it .
You may also see if starting with the barrel on her shoulder and having her swing from there helps. Once she gets the feel of that she can get back
to her normal setup (although you don't necessarily have to..see George Brett). It will also help with stopping her from dropping the barrel too far behind her
as FP26 alluded to.
Also if you have a video of her hitting live arm, post it (full speed..we can slow it down if necessary) or at least keep if for your reference.
Ultimately you want her live ball swing to work and while if she dragging the barrel off the tee she is probably doing it on pitched balls as well,
it is good to have a live ball swing checkpoint for future reference.
Finally, hopefully your chiild's improvement is monotonic in nature e.g. always improving, however I have found that with my kid it is often 2 steps forward and 1 step (hopefully only
1 but at times it seems like 10) steps back. Stay the course and be patient.
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