Does anyone that teach's hitting wonder why more girls have bat drag verses boys of the same age.
One fix is the elbows like the roof of a house with girls.
You can thank Howard (hitter) for that piece of information. Watch a ton of girls hit better with that adjustment
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My experience is that boys typically have a better side arm throw motion than girls. When I tried to get my 14U girls last year to perform a sidearm throw, they all looked at me like I was speaking another language. Ask a 14U boy to do that and it's no problem. Or, ask a 14U girl and a 14U boy to skip a rock. The boy will know what to do and the girl will look at you like this confused
My experience is that most hitting instructors don't understand how the back arm works in preparation to throw the barrel. So the instructor comes up with a work around to try and compensate. Then they teach "THEIR" work around as an absolute, under the guise that girls can't stay connected as well as boys from various handset positions, because girls are different than boys.
Just because girls don't grow up skipping rocks or pretending they are Derek Jetter turning a double play; doesn't mean they can't be taught. I know several girls with really good sidearm throws. I had to teach my DD and she now has an ok sidearm throw for her level of athleticism.
I see the "roof of a house" setup all the time. I would say it's the most common setup in my area. I see girls with that set up with bat drag all the time.
I teach this action:
...and then let the girls experiment with their handset position until they settle on a style that works for them. My DD still experiments with her handset position and batting stance in general; and it's a terrific thing to see. There is a tremendous educational value in teaching kids the correct basic underlying actions and then giving them the freedom to experiment. IMO they need the freedom to do that in order to discover how to improve their sync/sequence.