It's been a while...

[JLI2010]

The reason I asked is she kind of “hides her hands” in the load but if she is able to clear enough space from that position then don’t worry about it.

Interesting - kind of like the recent Aaron Judge video.

 

[Work=wins]

She's been landing closed now for awhile but we did switch her late last season to the foot behind setup in an effort to keep her in her back hip longer and in posture longer. The big change to keep her from getting to contact and just holding and spinning was that we worked very hard on making contact with the barrel in front of her hands, using her wrists to get to extension. Which meant hitting the ball out front. We also allowed her to swing around her body a bit instead of so much South to North (as long as she got to extension to the pitcher). She doesn't hit it out front as much anymore but the farthest we want it to travel is to her front foot. She is hitting it more in the left field gap rather than down the left field line. But she is now getting less XBH so there is probably a balance we can find. The big thing we're working on now is getting the back knee lower and keeping the foot more on the ground. To do that we have mostly been working on landing on bent a front knee and not straightening it right away.
If I could sum it up I would say - swing hard and make contact with the barrel in front of the hands. Edited to add: Also get the bat in the zone early. BTW - I had this convo with Megrem (softball social media trainer), she works with Cameron on defense and she thinks I'm crazy. Her philosophy is hands inside the ball and hit it the other way.

I think you’re on the right track. Oppo hitting is for slappers. Getting the head out is for hitters.

 

[Work=wins]

@pattar you know I’m right

 

[_MIA_]

@pattar you know I’m right

I was a dead pull hitter so I agree

 

[Work=wins]

I was a dead pull hitter so I agree

Lol. Should I define this? Everything needs a frickin definition in hitting. Tiresome.

 

[_MIA_]

Lol. Should I define this? Everything needs a frickin definition in hitting. Tiresome.

Define what? I realize that getting the head out doesn’t mean you are always pulling the ball but in my case, since I was average at best, it did

 

[Work=wins]

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Define what? I realize that getting the head out doesn’t mean you are always pulling the ball but in my case, since I was average at best, it did

Nvm then

 

[JLI2010]

How does she do with inside pitches in games?

Here's one from yesterday.

 

[_MIA_]

Here's one from yesterday.

Nice. How they score that?

 

[JLI2010]

Nice. How they score that?

HR, of course. Over LF head. No deductions for LF running in to let it go over her head.