- Feb 18, 2021
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She levels the bat by foot down. She seems to do this by pushing the hands back from the shoulders during the stride up to foot plant. She then brings the rear elbow down/externally rotates and gets the elbow close to the side before swing initiation/launch. This then leads to the second and third picture below, severe elbow drag, pulling/dragging the barrel thru with a front extended arm bar.
The drill that W=W suggests is a good one. I also think just working on keeping the hands up and barrel still until toe touch will be beneficial. She will then start feeling a completely different muscle group needed to swing. Along with this, when launching the swing, the 'connection' between hands and shoulder should remain until releasing to the direction of the pitch. all my opinion of course.
My DD also did this, but it was because i used the cue 'walk away from the hands' and it got overbaked. I have tried to correct the issue by keeping her hands up at shoulders with more of a vertical barrel until launch. She should be able to step out and toe touch without the barrel moving until you are ready to swing. Eventually the more slotted barrel position should be fine, but for my DD i tried to completely eliminate the early movement to get to a good starting point.
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I think you nailed it! She never did this until she started smashing balls. I feel like she is pulling those hands back because she feels like her arms need to go way back to generate power, which of course isn't the case. I also think she moves her arms, bat, hands way too much prior to her front foot even landing. I'm going to have keep the barrel vertical for now, with her hands up, until toe touch. I think that will help a great deal. When you said the connector between the hands and the shoulder until release in the direction of the pitch is also a good suggestion. She has WAY too much movement going on.