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Sep 10, 2013
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DD went to a tincher camp and did a few lessons with a certified instructor and denny himself.
the instruction was good, however, they don't use the terms I/R and i have never once heard them mention nor emphasize the importance of brush contact and palm up @ 9.
 
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May 16, 2016
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Can someone say how much the Tincher pitching lesson cost? Feel free to P.M. me if you don't want to put the cost on a open forum. I live in the south suburbs of Chicago if that makes any difference. I have heard of Jonathon Hon who is a Tincher instructor.
 

JAD

Feb 20, 2012
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My DD has been with a Tincher instructor for the past 6 years. It is IR with his own terminology. Tincher certified instructor should be good, but I would still suggest choosing wisely.
 

JAD

Feb 20, 2012
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I drive my 12yo DD 4 hours each way to a Tincher certified instructor here in Texas. I am very happy with results. There are a lot of pitching instructors in East Texas but none that I have found were in her class.

I guess I should not have complained about my 30 min commute...
 
Nov 29, 2009
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I had two Tincher girls on my team this season. One has been working with an instructor for a couple of years. The other started over the winter. What they're taught is not much different than IR. Some of the warm-up drills are different, but they are based on IR. The concept is IR with a different label and terminology. It was the same thing my DD was taught 20 years ago.

I've spoken to a couple of Tincher instructors and both of them seem to instantly assume you know nothing about pitching.
 
Sep 10, 2013
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I had two Tincher girls on my team this season. One has been working with an instructor for a couple of years. The other started over the winter. What they're taught is not much different than IR. Some of the warm-up drills are different, but they are based on IR. The concept is IR with a different label and terminology. It was the same thing my DD was taught 20 years ago.

I've spoken to a couple of Tincher instructors and both of them seem to instantly assume you know nothing about pitching.

did you tell them that you were a DFP'er? someone shouuld design a T-Shirt :)
 

JAD

Feb 20, 2012
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Georgia
I had two Tincher girls on my team this season. One has been working with an instructor for a couple of years. The other started over the winter. What they're taught is not much different than IR. Some of the warm-up drills are different, but they are based on IR. The concept is IR with a different label and terminology. It was the same thing my DD was taught 20 years ago.

I've spoken to a couple of Tincher instructors and both of them seem to instantly assume you know nothing about pitching.

Denny and some of his instructors, like to think they are the smartest person in the room, and they sell a lot of his techniques as unique, but it is 98.2% IR.
 
Just to be clear, the Tincher program doesn't churn out robots. Every pitching coach has their own approach and ways of dealing with both students and parents. DD's coach did spend the bulk of the first lesson explaining what their program was about and why the traditional coaching that we'd gotten wasn't the best way to pitch. I had to assure her that she was preaching to the choir, and that we traveled a long way for a lesson because I already understood the advantages to their program.

DD has been doing some drills that I haven't seen elsewhere, and that's part of the thing that's unique to Tincher (I assume). And the coach has been extremely hands-on, the PC will literally put one hand on DD's shoulder and the other on her arm and point out what she should be feeling and when. I'm extremely impressed with how they've customized her drills to address specific issues in her delivery and it's made an immediate impact.

My sanity has been questioned by some other parents when I tell them I'm driving 90 minutes for a one-hour pitching lesson, so thanks to the other DFP'ers for sharing their driving times! Also, if you are interested in the program, there's a form on the Tincher website that you can fill out. They will put you in touch with the nearest coach.
 
Feb 19, 2009
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I've been taking my dd to Denny for over 6 years now and she just committed to the school of her dreams and her future coach bought into Denny's instruction long ago.

First of all, the notion that Denny is taking credit/cashing in/etc. on Angela's success is beyond ridiculous. There's certainly a lot of Angela on his website but anyone who's spent any time with him knows he's not trying to create Angela clones but customizes instruction to what he sees in each individual student and his eye for detail is impressive. I have no doubt that if any of the frequently gushed over posters here had a student as successful as Angela or Sarah Pauley they would be marketing their instruction business the same way.

As far as IR goes, I've heard him use the term several times but its always to another instructor and not a student. Personally, I see IR as a basic minimum level of instructor competence and not something that qualifies a PI as world class. My dd's first PI who taught IR and was very good but didn't work on the details the way Denny did. You can be all about IR but if you don't work on fixing swim moves and elbow locking or pushing off with the instep (cheating to get open) or the thousands of other details then your dd is less likely to pitch to her potential.

Lessons will be in the ballpark of $100 depending on the type (private or group lesson w/other instructors) Although we don't have one-on-one experience with his licensed instructors we've done several classes with them under his instruction and found them to be great. I don't know what the licensed instructors charge or if they have flexibility on their rates.
 

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