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14U Swing Thoughts/Suggestions
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She has bad bat drag (red, hands are behind the back elbow) because:
1. Her bat head is a little too flat at toe touch. Bring it up to abt 55 deg
2. From toe touch to hip slot. she brings her back elbow down without moving the bat head very far back toward the catcher (see yellow) The bat head should move 1:1 in unison with the back elbow drop.
3. Never, ever let the hands get behind the back elbow at any point in the swing.
That’s why she is inconsistent. She powers through the issue. Looks strong, hits it hard. The question is not how hard you hit it, it’s how often do you hit it well.
She doesn’t use the back, tries to accelerate the barrel with the arms, hands not accelerating the barrel.
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That is slack in the system (back arm) it can feel powerful because eventually the barrel must come around the body. It lacks quickness/suddenness , adjustability compared to the hands getting trapped and turning the barrel later.
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Most of the issues have been covered here. Bat angle should have the knob pointing at the catcher, and the bat should be parallel to the bottom hand bicep. When done correctly, the left arm is at a 90, and together with the bat and shoulders, form a box. The box is, for the most part, maintained at barrel tip, and turn. Need to tip the barrel and get the hands just inside the back shoulder and in front of the back elbow. Back elbow needs to be connected to her hip/ribcage. At that point, the barrel should be attached to the outside of her back shoulder, and in a position to turn with her body. Right now, the front shoulder is rotating before barrel connection, which is causing the arm bar and bat drag. You can also see that as she turns the barrel, her knob is moving forward by her top hand, forcing the hands to disconnect from her body. In most cases, top hand dominance forces the front shoulders open and the hand rolls (ground balls). WAY too much weight starts and stays over the back foot. Work on landing 50/50. which will allow her to rotate under her head at front heal strike. Her back foot is "squishing the bug" so the back knee never works under the hip, nor does it become weightless. Work the back heal lift on the inside of the toe and allow the femur to rotate under the back hip. At contact, I prefer the back heal to point at the sky and encourage hitters to become weightless on it. Everything is now working over the front leg femur, underneath the hitter's head.
Op, if you understand how the body extends and when it does so you can see that her posture doesn’t allow for properly timed body extension.
The issue w ground balls will be fixed if she can learn/maintain her posture over the plate into launch. When she accomplishes this she will be able to rotate around her hands/torso more so than level to the ground which will keep the bat on plane through the ball longer which will stop the early extension of the hands/torso/bat around the ball.
Basically her first move at launch is spine extension which makes the path flat from the start. Most likely hits high pitches well and struggles w everything else. What she has is early active extension/rotation.
My fix would be to get in stance where she has her chest over the plate and tries to keep it there throughout. Nothing major, but her sternum should point close to the outside corner of the plate, not the first base dugout. Kinda like the pro I posted.
The issue w ground balls will be fixed if she can learn/maintain her posture over the plate into launch. When she accomplishes this she will be able to rotate around her hands/torso more so than level to the ground which will keep the bat on plane through the ball longer which will stop the early extension of the hands/torso/bat around the ball.
Basically her first move at launch is spine extension which makes the path flat from the start. Most likely hits high pitches well and struggles w everything else. What she has is early active extension/rotation.
My fix would be to get in stance where she has her chest over the plate and tries to keep it there throughout. Nothing major, but her sternum should point close to the outside corner of the plate, not the first base dugout. Kinda like the pro I posted.
WW, I think I see what you're saying.. Looks like the extension is caused by the rear leg/hip pushing against the lead side leg vs the middle contracting against the hips extending within the s-plane if that makes sense ?
IOW's lacking the "swinging down to" against the hips.
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WW, I think I see what you're saying.. Looks like the extension is caused by the rear leg/hip pushing against the lead side leg vs the middle contracting against the hips extending within the s-plane if that makes sense ?
IOW's lacking the "swinging down to" against the hips.
Yes. I want to see the hands change the posture (extend) or path. Not the body. Aka middle extending the hips
. That ensures ‘down to’. That ensures long through.
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@TDS as far as the rear leg being the culprit.. yes and no? That’s the effect? The lack of balance in the sagittal is the culprit? This is a chicken and egg thing?
Yes !! The current movement is all frontal plane driven (catcher/pitcher).@TDS as far as the rear leg being the culprit.. yes and no? That’s the effect? The lack of balance in the sagittal is the culprit? This is a chicken and egg thing?
