She looks just like a girl I know, exactly. She is having trouble getting her hands up. At 14 it is the swing she has built for years.
IMO work on that with a lot of focus! Priority 1! She will struggle at 14 and up, and it will be much harder to change the habit. It's hard to hit a ball above your hands and when your hands are starting down in the strike zone. Good pitchers and catchers will spot that right away.
Yep. Being that 10Us kind of pitch all over the place, she sees plenty of high strikes, and struggles to hit them. We've talked a lot about the reasons behind keeping her hands up, and she understands the logic of it. In action, however, is a different story. The floggings shall continue!!