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She has that standup relaxed and fall into her posture look. It works for Mike Trout but she does looked a little rushed in that technique. Have her try to slow her stride/glide/ float down as slow as possible. Exaggerate. When throwing front toss to her have the que, "when I move ,you move." So she has to start her stride/coil when you swing the ball away. The drill below may help also. She probably is never going to be a smooth swinger (she is quick twitch and that is a gift) but maybe she can smooth out a little by exaggerating at practice. A game time que can be to start stride/coil when pitcher reaches 12:00 with her pitching arm. And remember the number one rule in hitting instruction. Never turn a .400 hitter into a .200 hitter.
Thank you for this. It's funny, up to this year, she was consistently late on most everything. It was hard to verbalize the proper timing to her, at what point to begin coil, foot down, etc. This year, the team started facing faster pitching, sometimes playing 18u teams and she started hitting and pulling the ball. It appeared that perhaps, she's better when she simply sees the ball and reacts to it. When pitching was slower, she was constantly unsure about when to swing, waited too long and then missed it or hit it weakly. I'm afraid to mess with what she's doing now, but I know it's probably short lived if she wants to continue to improve and move up. I appreciate your insights. It absolutely makes sense and I'm no hitting coach.