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There are many ways to teach I guess. To each his own. But that particular video (in isolation) deserves a spot in the hall. IMO, of course.
Hitting video Hall of Shame
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There are many ways to teach I guess. To each his own. But that particular video (in isolation) deserves a spot in the hall. IMO, of course.
JJsqueeze
Dad, Husband....legend
That is why this thread should be for videos that show poor instruction, meaning clips that actually show an instructor describing something that is patently false, like you want the barrel to come through level, once you get into the realm of gifs with no audio, or a 30 second clip of a single drill then the context is lost. Especially when we get into the subtleties of people who agree on what a good swing is but differ on how to teach it.
JJsqueeze
Dad, Husband....legend
Sorry....it has to go on the ballot and needs 75% HOS approval before being accepted any members not present cannot vote and voting closes at 6pm Pacific time.
the current inductees are (with my vote in caps)-
TM- "Barrel turn"-NEAH
FFS-"12 hours of crickets chirping to represent the fact that he never posts actual content of himself or a student/offspring"-YEAH
Girl shifting weight and chopping- YEAH
Crystl Bustos showing a barrel turn in her actual swing then instructing a parallel path- YEAH
The fence drill as a general drill- YEAH
The fence drill as a drill to hit an inside pitch-NEAH
I yield the floor to the rest of you glorious bastards of softball.
I think you're on to the truth. From what I've heard recently from baseball/softball hitting conferences, It's mostly about vision. Those with better than 20/20 and young are those who rock the ball. As they age and their eyesight decreases, so does their batting average. Go ahead, kick it on me.
FiveFrameSwing
Banned
Just my opinion mind you ... but you haven't shown anything that would demonstrate credibility. Showing a sample swing that you have worked with, that has multiple issues, isn't a vote of confidence. That said ... I could care less, because in the end I would pass the information through a litmus test and judge the information on its own merit. Hence I'm open to a discussion, and consider the posts on crickets chirping a waste of bandwidth. Let's try to stick to the topic of hitting. I'm certainly game for that.
FiveFrameSwing
Banned
There is no war ... simply a discussion. You are discussing the topic without emotion and believe the notion of teaching late lead arm pronation is wrong. TM got a lot correct, but even he would suggest that such teaching be questioned.
FiveFrameSwing
Banned
You don't?
Does this help?
Like I said...I disagree with you...and I'm sure others will disagree with me.....
While the full swing is a good example, I don't see the demonstration on the right as part of the full swing on the left. IMO the example on the right certainly belongs in a thread titled the "Hitting video Hall of Shame".
FiveFrameSwing
Banned
Out of context?
You haven’t been around for long.
TM went on to advocate late lead-arm pronation … what you see here … the showing of the non-hairy portion (underside) of the lead-arm to the pitcher.
Please support it … looking forward to seeing you post verification with game swings of professionals displaying late lead-arm pronation.
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