Do you practice that, or is it just natural? It's

literally...

It's been, like, my signature thing since I was, like, five.

Like, honestly, like, I've been doing

that in the yard, in the living room.

Thank goodness my parents let me tear up the house.

I've just always done it, and so it just kind of comes natural.

All

Probably Derek Jeter, 'cause I grew up a Yankees fan and I'm from New York so I, I grew up watching him play

I was a big Yankees fan growing up, so I'd say either Derek Jeter or Robi- Robinson Cano.

I was big fans of those guys, so.

I met Derek Jeter and he like super down to earth, so I know it'd probably be like a, you know, chill game of catch and, you know, get to talk about the game a little bit, so

Mm-hmm

... um, 'cause that's something I know is unique to me, um, that I need to work on every day.

And then I'll do a heavy bat just to make sure I'm swinging with my body and not just my arms.

And then I have to do some, like chops into the ground for barrel control and then just straight into some, like a few middle, make sure I got my corners.

What do you think about her swing?

I'm a back of the box girl.

I kind of screw my foot in there, gotta feel it in my hip.

I stand open at the beginning.

Hands are here.

I got a little hinge in my hip, sticking my butt out a little bit, and so I just pick it up and I feel it in this hip and I put it down, and then once that's all together, I'm thinking connection with this arm to get on plane and just whipping through the zone.

So kind of walk us through your timing and your approach.

So usually they're, like, rocking back like this, and I have a leg kick in my load.

Sort of, kind of like, what are the drills that you guys do? Very similar to the things that we're doing in the baseball world.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Basically all the same.

Um, it's really important that we're keeping our feet moving because, like, it is so much smaller.

You have to stay loose because every single play is a bang bang play for us.

Instead of, like, there is no time to, like, shuffle, get your grip.

I mean, there ain't a whole lot of time to react for that.

... throughout there either

...

I didn't know that.

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When I'm not playing, to relax myself, oof, a good room clean.

You know? I feel like your room is a direct correlation to your mind.

So the more clutter I have in my space, the more clutter's gonna be going on up here.

So if I can clear that up, that puts me at peace and I love that.