Posted by: Phil C. (procurementman@msn.com) on Thu Jun 9 18:27:32 2005

I have a 14 year old daughter who is currently playing fastpitch softball and is a good hitter but has only occasional power. Recently she has gotten into the habit of swinging under the ball which has resulted in pop up's and lazy fly balls. After watching her at the cage today I noticed that her lead elbow was dropping. After discussing this with her she worked on keeping her lead elbow level or slightly up and she hit more line drives and hit the ball harder then I have ever seen. In fact, she was hitting the ball hard and consistant at 60 mph. Was she just on today or is the elevation of the lead elbow that important. With the results from today I would think the the position of the lead elbow is a key to swinging the bat on plane with the ball. Am I grasping at straws?

Phil C.