How can my daughter achieve this? Her current speed home to 1st is 4.4 thanks in advance.
Teach her to hit..
I went through this with DD for years... I spent thousands having her go through Tekulve, Adrenaline and B.E.A.T. trying to get her H/1 time down.
Her agility went through the roof as well as POWER.
When she did Cone, Ladder, or Box work she blew the others away. Medicine ball drills, planks, stretching and stretch tube drills a leader from start to finish.
Her home to 1st/ home time did see some improvement but no "huge improvement".
With that said...She was the slowest on her travel and HS teams home to 1st home to home but, lead the team in doubles and home to home trots when it counted during 14/16/18U...
Her lack of Home to Home speed did not stop college coaches from looking at her at all levels...
So if she can hit she will get on, If she has power she will get noticed...