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Oct 13, 2014
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I think if you fix the ‘balance’ during the load. She will be on her way. There is nothing else glaring in her swing imo. I would balance her weight in the sagittal plane. When you tend to favor one side at set up you can get stuck there throughout. Or it takes more energy to balance it during the load. Which can make things less consistent.
 
Dec 17, 2021
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It was helpful you posted 3 swing videos because they show your DD is trying to make some corrective adjustments to re-center her weight when her stride foot plants in subsequent swings after the first. In the 3rd swing, she looks more connected than the second because her upper body helps lead her hands to the ball.

I see 3 issues in her swing that need to be fixed. The first occurs in her RVP "preparation to swing" phase (load & stride), the second in her "ready to swing" position (when stride foot plants) that leads to problems in how her swing sequences & a third that occurs in her swing. I will address the first issue now, then address the second & third issues together.

First, she's moving her head & upper body over her back hip in all 3 swings. Her preparation to swing should resemble the movement of a pendulum in a grandfather clock for her head & hips. She needs to keep her head stable & firm up the muscles in her back leg when she lifts her stride leg & shifts her weight back to control how far back her hips move. Her belly button (bb) should shift a little behind her right eye when she reaches the moment of balance before starting her stride step forward. Her head can move back a little as long as the bb remains behind the eye.

When the toe of her stride foot touches down, a line drawn between her eye & bb should be vertical. When she plants & rotates her hips to start her swing, the bb moves in front of the eye. You can see how this looks by viewing Mike Trout's swing on page 2 of this thread. Her hips can turn into her back leg a little when she lifts her stride foot, creating a crease where the hip & leg meet, but the hips should face the plate again at toe touch.

The second issue I see in all three swings is that her hands are positioned inside her back elbow when her stride foot plants when viewed from across the plate like your videos. This forces her to start her swing sequence "hands first", which has many disadvantages vs a "hips first, hands follow" swing sequence (first described by Bobby Tewksbary & used by the best hitters past & present).

Advantages of a "hips first, hands follow" swing sequence include:
* generates power from the ground up & inside out, utilizing the kinetic chain best;
* greater efficiency, taking less time to turn & square up with pitch to improve timing;
* a "short to the ball, long thru the ball" swing, improving consistency in solid contact on plane with the pitch;
* greater plate coverage so distance from the plate in the stance is established further away, allowing a deeper point of contact, giving more time to see & adjust to the pitch, greater power & also making hitting inside pitches easier. If you lay her bat across the plate with the tip of the barrel at the edge of the outside corner, the knob should touch the edge of her front shoe;
* the hands delay committing to the pitch until momentun transfer occurs from hips & legs to the torso at RVP connection, giving more time to adjust to the speed & location of the pitch.

A third problem in all swings is keeping her back shoulder high during the swing. Dropping her back shoulder occurs when there is a corresponding tilt back in her spine, causing the plane of her swing to start below the plane of the pitch. The pitches she's hitting in the videos are up in the zone. If lower, she would have to drop her hands from her shoulder to get to a pitch, which reduces power & creates inconsistent contact.

It doesn't work to perform any of these in the opposite order, such as prepare low & adjust high. You'd be hitting popups & high flyballs, if not missing entirely.

When a batter arrives at the ready to swing position, the spine is straight but tilted forward a little (bend at the waist), the front shoulder is lower, the back shoulder higher, the front arm across the body, front elbow under the shoulders, back elbow is at shoulder height, creating separation of back elbow & hip

In preparing high & adjusting low, a batter needs to get her front elbow, hands & bat on plane with her back shoulder when she starts her hip turn. A right angle

A second issue I see in all three swings is that her hands are positioned inside her back elbow when her stride foot plants. This forces her to start her swing sequence "hands first", which has many disadvantages vs a "hips first, hands follow" swing sequence (first described by Bobby Tewksbary) used by the best hitters past & present.

Advantages of a "hips first, hands follow" swing sequence include:
* generating power from the ground up & inside out, utilizing the kinetic chain best;
* greater efficiency, taking less time to square up with pitch to improve timing;
* enables a "short to the ball, long thru the ball" swing, improving consistency in solid contact on plane with the pitch;
* batter has greater plate coverage so setup at the plate is further away & point of contact deeper, giving more time to see & adjust to the pitch & also making hitting inside pitches easier;
* the hands delay committing to the pitch until connection, giving more time to adjust.

A second problem in all swings is keeping her back shoulder high during the swing. Dropping her back shoulder occurs when there is a corresponding tilt back in her spine, causing the plane of her swing to start below the plane of

There are three basic adjustments a batter needs to make fo a given pitch:
* Prepare fast & adjust slow
* Prepare high & adjust low
* Prepare in & adjust away
 
Dec 17, 2021
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I accidentally posted the above before I was finished. Things presented after describing the third problem can be ignored as most are duplicates..was re-ordering things. I continue below:

When a batter arrives at the ready to swing position, the spine is vertical but tilted forward a little (bend at the waist), knees flexed, head forward so weight is on the balls of the feet; the front shoulder is in & lower, the back shoulder higher, the front arm across the body, front elbow under, back elbow up at shoulder height, creating separation of back elbow & hip; hands in front of or slightly outside the back elbow (viewed from across the plate), the front forearm points in direction of the pitcher, the barrel points above & behind the head with the knob of bat pointing towards the catcher. Both the front & back forearms form right angles with the bat. Having the front shoulder in at this point will help the batter swing around her spine & hit thru the ball later.

The stride foot lands toe-heel with the hips re-centered at toe touch. Slightly more weight shifts onto the front foot at heel plant, starting a transition from the linear preparation to swing phase into rotation & the swing. All linear movement forward stops at heel plant & the head is stable.

The preparation to swing phase generally starts when the arm circle of the pitcher starts forward (or the ball disappears behind the chute of a pitching machine).

Prior to that in the stance, batters maintain a rhythmic routine of movements with their legs, hips, arms & hands that quiet down as the pitcher starts her windup so they are ready to react with the stride step to time the pitcher & the pitch. As a guide, a batter times the stride step to plant when the pitch is halfway home

This allows the batter, :
* better track the pitch & time rotation to square the barrel at contact;
* make ad

so the front hip & leg can pivot open, the back hip & knee "center up" with the knee starting to move under the back hip. The heel of the back foot responds by releasing up & forward.

Instead of starting the hands forward, the front hip/leg pivot triggers the front elbow to rotate up to the top of the strikezone & the back elbow to rotate under the hands so with the hands back & the barrel adjusts on plane behind the back shoulder (the shoulders are now angled with the front shoulder higher & back shoulder lower). The back elbow & knee start in time. Rotation of the elbows with hands back creates the delay needed to swing "hips first, hands follow".

As the back elbow "catches up" with the hands, the hands move forward & the swing reaches connection, when the top hand, back elbow & "stripe of the pants" align vertically viewed from across the plate (viewed from the pitcher's view, the knob & bb point forward at connection), & focus shifts to the core & torso, which transfers momentum from the hips rotation & front leg resistance to the core & torso at RVP connection

The upper body continues rotating to face the pitch which takes the hands up & inside the pitch. The front arm is across the body & the batter should feel like her torso is opening to face the pitch behind her arm.

If the shoulders are level at this point, the batter will overshoot the runway of the pitch, likely pulling her front shoulder out & hitting the outside of the ball. If the back shoulder is lower & on plane with the pitch, the batter will be able to remain facing the pitch & the momentum will transfer into thefrom the launch of the back elbow & hands away from the back shoulder, bottom palm down, top palm up through
 
Apr 20, 2018
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viewed from the pitcher's view, the knob & bb point forward at connection), & focus shifts to the core & torso, which transfers momentum from the hips rotation & front leg resistance to the core & torso at RVP connection.

photo please ^^^^ also what is RVP?
 
Jan 6, 2009
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viewed from the pitcher's view, the knob & bb point forward at connection), & focus shifts to the core & torso, which transfers momentum from the hips rotation & front leg resistance to the core & torso at RVP connection.

photo please ^^^^ also what is RVP?
Right view Pro (RVP), It was an video analysis program with pro models (also an instructional program). Back when you had to shoot video, transfer video into the program/computer, and then you could do an analysis.

The smart phone came along, making RVP obsolete. Toward the end RVP was paying more for the rights of using ML models then they were making.
 

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