Posted by: Carl (crmarentette@sympatico,ca) on Tue Dec 2 21:20:50 2008

Jack

I hope you can comment on my question and Janna's comments. What she is decribing sounds like linear and that the rotational swing, CHP, won't work in softball.

Carl


I also coach and play girls fastpitch and I just had a comment to the softball coach. There are some things that can be applied to softball but not all. This method will not completely work for a successful hitting strategy for girls. One major item is leading with the knob and arm extension. You have to drive the knob more with softball, there is not a better way to hit a rising pitch. We have less of a upward swing and being on a line is much more critical.
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> Girls have much more tendencies to drop their hands to the ball which ends up an L shape pattern to the ball. The circular motion with the hands that they are talking about for baseball won't work for softball either. The hand pattern could be described more as almost a line to the ball.
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> Just a few tips for the softball coaches out there!
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> > Got your DVD and it really helps with tryng to understand your methods. Visual works best.
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> > I only have a few concern or questions.
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> > I coach a Girls fastpitch team, and in fastpitch the ball plain goes up from the release point vice down like in hardball. Should not the Arc of the swing be in a more level plain from lauch to finish vice an upward swing as you dmeonstrate in the video? At contact you mention the lead elbow is up and bat head down below the hands. Doesn't this position at contact, promote an upward swing through the strike zone? Wouldn't the contact zone for the girls be very small in fastpitch with your method? They would have to be almost perfect. Would it not be best to keep the elbow level from start to finish or only slightly raise the elbow at finish to generate less loop in the swing ARC for fastpitch? I'm trying to learn your system and teach it to the team this winter. I find your reasoning and logic to hitting quite interesting. Does everything your saying apply to fastpich or is there some modifications that must be done?
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> > Thanks.
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> > Carl