Thornhill-like Springfield, she starts off with the bat standing up, close to her face, then she takes a long step, draws the bat back too far, overstretches on pre-load, ,and often she drops her shoulder and has that loopy swing. She loses power on her slow hip turn. This girl has so much potential, I hope they can correct that. Even as she is, if she gets her pitch, she is going to drive it to the outfield, hard. Bright future for her. Great, solid defensive player, flexible, can play just about anywhere. Cut down on the preload and put emphasis on making square contact. Start off with the bat horizontal, not standing up right in front of the face, cut down on the preload stretch, all you have to do is step forward and leave your hands behind, you dont have to stretch back, and go from there.

Weinberger—underrated, in my opinion. She has a great arm, plays defense very well. Her swing, though, doesnt flatten in the zone long enough, and like all the others with that problem, timing becomes so critical, and she not only has to start her swing at the right moment, she has to make sure she makes contact at the right part of her swing. When she gets her pitch, she can drive the ball hard. She hangs on throughout the swing and it makes it a down, and then up swing, which, as with the others, makes timing so critical. So much potential with her. She could be a star. If she ever transfers out, we are going to watch that happen.

Goff-- though she doesnt play much, like Thymes, who is a smooth player, Goff, in my honest opinion, has the best swing on the team. I know her stats are bad, she got called out on some horrible third strikes (like Griggs). Goff has an excellent swing, flat in the zone, and a great follow-through. Its a shame we dont see her more. I know people will say her average stinks... just so you know, it is much, much harder to improve an average if you get ONE at bat per game. Getting four chances will give you a better idea of what a player can do. Whoever taught Goff knew what they were doing. Nicky Dawson was another one who was well taught, who had a swing that was flat in the zone long enough to where timing wasnt so critical,.

A general suggestion.... when a player is not hitting, and has a strike out issue, like all of them do, the first thing you do is CONTRACT, shrink everything and put the emphaisis on CONTACT, then open up slowly from there.

Oklahoma—A suggestion..... go watch the Oklahoma game, watch the hitters. There is one thing they all do, consistently...they elevate themselves and bring their heads as close as possible with the upper strike zone level. That takes away the loopy swing. The way to get rid of that is to elevate during batting practice and learn to swing FLAT, and then make adjustments from there. That would fix a lot of problems LSU hitters have.

Some players to look at..... other than Oklahoma's lineup,,, Alyssa Rivera from Auburn, though she is struggling this year, she has a beautiful swing, pre season All SEC, Nicole Dewitt, another flathander with a good swing.

Just my .02 worth.