Reply #145: Well, from the looks of that pic, I can make a few valid observations.

[Ikonoklast]

1.Her weight is too far forward on her left foot, she should be a little less evenly distributed in order to transfer her weight forward off the back foot in the act of swinging, bringing power into the swing. Hard to do accomplish with your weight forward, or standing flat-footed like that.

2. She is dropping her right elbow. She should keep it straight out from her shoulder, and should pull that left elbow in tight against her body. Holding the bat in the position she has it in now will result in an inside-out swing, dropping the bat head, and instead of a nice, flat swing through the strike zone, she'll be underneath the pitch and pop-up more frequently.


3. Bat should be held just a little further back from verticle, not too much more. She's pretty close, but holding it back a tad more gives more time in the swing, bringing more power, with no room to 'wind-up' before swinging the bat, which wastes energy and time. It's always better to already be in the proper position before the pitch than jerk into it just before swinging.