SWING ASSESSMENT FORM

Bat to ball skills — makes consistent contact

Short, direct path to the ball

Good load — hands stay back and on time

Stays down in the zone through contact

Quick hands through the hitting zone

Good hip rotation — hips firing before hands

Proper weight transfer — back to front

Keeps head still and on the ball through contact

Good extension — drives through the ball at contact

Maintains bat lag into the hitting zone

Quiet front side — no early opening

Strong back side — back hip drives through

Good rhythm and timing mechanism

Stays back on off-speed pitches

Balanced setup and stance

Keeps barrel in the zone through a long contact window

Good posture at contact — stays tall

Drives the ball to all fields

Aggressive, confident approach at the plate

Good pitch recognition — swings at strikes

Casting — hands work away from body early, losing bat speed

Long swing path — too much loop before contact

Dropping the back shoulder — creates excessive uppercut

Front shoulder flying open — pulling off the ball

Lunging — weight shifts too early, no back side power

Stepping in the bucket — stride foot opens away from plate

Rolling over — top hand dominates, weak pull-side ground balls

No hip rotation — swing is all arms, no lower half

Hitching — hands drop below load position before swing

Wrapping — bat wraps behind head at load, creates long path

Collapsing back leg — loses hip drive and power at contact

Collapsing front side — front knee buckles instead of bracing

Head pulling off the ball before contact

Poor pitch selection — expanding zone, chasing off-speed

Hands starting too low — creates an uphill path to the zone

Grip too tight — tension in hands and arms killing bat speed

Late load — not getting hands back in time for the pitch

Early load — timing off, out in front on everything

Decelerating at contact — not driving through the ball

Swinging around the ball — bat path goes across the zone instead of through it