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Jun 17, 2009
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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.

It is up to each person to come to the conclusion of what is correct and incorrect. What some determine to be correct, others may determine to be incorrect. Hence the reason why calm and unemotional discussion is welcome.

If you favor a particular mechanic that has been shown here, and believe it has been shown in a falsely negative light, then feel free to defend it. Others will certainly appreciate you doing so.
 
Jun 17, 2009
15,105
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Portland, OR
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.

Majority vote?

The Hanson Principle cares less of who advocates what .... and certainly doesn't care if 75% of the folks at DFP have a particular opinion.
 

JJsqueeze

Dad, Husband....legend
Jul 5, 2013
5,436
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safe in an undisclosed location
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.

Palm to face- sigh-

If your passive aggressive BS wasn't so transparent I might be offended.

Why would I need any credibility? I don't go around posting hitting advice in reply to every post on the board. I don't claim to be a guru, I have been and always will be a dad of two daughters who's flawed swings still show more hitting knowledge than you could ever hope to achieve in real life.

You do have one skill though, you are usefull for making GIFs of DVR recordings. So keep those
coming but spare me the useless verbiage that accompanies them.
 
Jun 17, 2009
15,105
0
Portland, OR
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.

Palm to face- sigh-

If your passive aggressive BS wasn't so transparent I might be offended.

Why would I need any credibility? I don't go around posting hitting advice in reply to every post on the board. I don't claim to be a guru, I have been and always will be a dad of two daughters who's flawed swings still show more hitting knowledge than you could ever hope to achieve in real life.

You do have one skill though, you are usefull for making GIFs of DVR recordings. So keep those
coming but spare me the useless verbiage that accompanies them.

Worked with an 18-Gold player tonight ... just my opinion, but the swings you posted of your daughter don't quite measure up.

The point is that you are guessing. Why bother with such guessing games? Why make claims that you have no data to support?

As for making GIFs from a DVR ... I've never done that ... simply another incorrect guess on your end.
 
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JJsqueeze

Dad, Husband....legend
Jul 5, 2013
5,436
38
safe in an undisclosed location
Worked with an 18-Gold player tonight ... just my opinion, but the swings you posted of your daughter don't quite measure up.

The point is that you are guessing. Why bother with the such guessing games? Why make claims that you have no data to support?

As for making GIFs from a DVR ... I've never done that ... simply another incorrect guess on your end.


Last response before ignore- so you are saying that my 10 year
Old and 12 year old don't swing as well
As an 18 year old? Very astute observation.

still don't believe you have any students though.
 
Jun 17, 2009
15,105
0
Portland, OR
Majority vote?

The Hanson Principle cares less of who advocates what .... and certainly doesn't care if 75% of the folks at DFP have a particular opinion.

You Mention the Hanson principle but never post video of you or your students? That is some funny stuff.

Not seeing where the point of conflict is in your post. Perhaps re-read the Hanson Principle.

The Hanson Principle:

"Always compare what anybody tells you about the swing to slow motion clips of the best hitters in the world."
 
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Jun 17, 2009
15,105
0
Portland, OR
Worked with an 18-Gold player tonight ... just my opinion, but the swings you posted of your daughter don't quite measure up.

The point is that you are guessing. Why bother with the such guessing games? Why make claims that you have no data to support?

As for making GIFs from a DVR ... I've never done that ... simply another incorrect guess on your end.


Last response before ignore- so you are saying that my 10 year
Old and 12 year old don't swing as well
As an 18 year old? Very astute observation.

still don't believe you have any students though.

And you are still guessing and making uninformed comments.

Just an opinion ... it would be so much easier to simply have a discussion on hitting.
 

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