been topping ball a lot, as well as getting to far under on a lot of contact as well. off T or soft toss, swing looks good, ball normally hits net about 6-8 inches higher than where she makes contact. but against live pitching (and she gets little of this at her practices), she is not making solid contact a lot of the time, and she makes a lot of contact (through 15 games so far this year, probably about 40 PA, she has no Ks, a good number of base hits, either sharp ground balls or fly balls falling in between IF and OF, and probably about same number of GO/Pop ups/IF singles (she legs out the ones she tops very well, safe about 50% of time, but that will go down as year goes on).
I believe she gets so concerned about making contact she is slowing down in order to make certain she does.
Is there a way con convince her to swing all out (at least with 0 or 1 strikes) and don't worry so much about contact (she also does not go to deep counts a lot unless the pitcher is having control issues, doesn't swing at junk, but when she swings, generally makes contact), that a few swings and misses, and even Ks, are OK? I think she would still make contact, and better contact.
should I just try to get her some cage work against a machine (little oppotunity other than games for live pitching)?
I believe she gets so concerned about making contact she is slowing down in order to make certain she does.
Is there a way con convince her to swing all out (at least with 0 or 1 strikes) and don't worry so much about contact (she also does not go to deep counts a lot unless the pitcher is having control issues, doesn't swing at junk, but when she swings, generally makes contact), that a few swings and misses, and even Ks, are OK? I think she would still make contact, and better contact.
should I just try to get her some cage work against a machine (little oppotunity other than games for live pitching)?