- Oct 12, 2009
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IMO she had a chance to grab with her hips and lower torso, and if she had, the odds are good that the hands/forearms would have responded ... instead she did as you describe and resorted to powering the swing with her arms.
Earlier this summer I went to the batting cages with my son. In the cage next to us was a female hitter who was struggling. As my son hit, I listened to the dad talk to his daughter. I realized that part of the problem was that he was giving her contradictory advice. Before she started her swing, he would tell her, "Stand up straight," I assume so that she wouldn't drop her back shoulder. After the swing, he would tell her, "You're dropping your hands."
She was doing her best to comply, but the results were predictably bad.
Her swing looked a bit like this.