DD is having an awesome time with HS softball, they're playing LOTS and DD is getting reps that she's been missing for a couple years being on a larger (maybe huge) roster.. Anyway, with lots of games comes lots of video and an new and interesting to me perspective on hitting. I remember going through this game and watching this particular at bat for DD.. Total "meh, unremarkable" not going to save the clip.
Recently, one of the parents starting taking DSLR pics of the games and I found this sequence by browsing and thought, "hey, this is pretty awesome" After going back through the stream, I discovered that the "meh" video was actually the "hey, pretty awesome" pictures. At this point, I had an epiphany... I ride MTB and motocross, have raced road bikes, street motorcycles on tracks, race cars, pretty much you name it. The video ALWAYS makes things look small, slow and pretty unremarkable, so why do I expect video of DD's softball to be any different?! A lot of us analyze video and sometimes it's easy to forget how dynamic, powerful, and just plain awesome this sport is... even when it might not look it in video. This photo sequence shows just how hard she's trying to make something happen (granted, not the best swing), when it would've been easy for me to say otherwise from looking at the video.
Here is the video
and here are the stills (ball right after contact)
Recently, one of the parents starting taking DSLR pics of the games and I found this sequence by browsing and thought, "hey, this is pretty awesome" After going back through the stream, I discovered that the "meh" video was actually the "hey, pretty awesome" pictures. At this point, I had an epiphany... I ride MTB and motocross, have raced road bikes, street motorcycles on tracks, race cars, pretty much you name it. The video ALWAYS makes things look small, slow and pretty unremarkable, so why do I expect video of DD's softball to be any different?! A lot of us analyze video and sometimes it's easy to forget how dynamic, powerful, and just plain awesome this sport is... even when it might not look it in video. This photo sequence shows just how hard she's trying to make something happen (granted, not the best swing), when it would've been easy for me to say otherwise from looking at the video.
Here is the video
and here are the stills (ball right after contact)