I do understand Epstein has made an adjustment in what he teaches concerning weight shift. Good. Previous to this, my experience is his stuff killed All Star pitching but not so much gold pitching.
I think it is very important to study the material of all the gurus. I'm actually finding useful material from many sources including people here on this site.
The Epstein dvds that I bought back in 2004 reference the importance of getting to a balanced position during the stride and even placing some additional weight on the front foot. He said the same thing on his message board prior to 2004. To my knowledge he has always maintained that collasping the backside is just as bad as lunging. Those are his words from his old website.
In regards to "your experience" that his students don't do well against gold pitching I will make the following factual comments and leave it at that.
1. I've read the same thing on the public forums at EH.com.
2. EH.com is a competitor of Epstein.
3. You have consistently stated that you prefer EH.com's teachings over all others.
4. Epstein's model for what he teaches is Ted Williams. Epstein played for TW for three years in the Major Leagues and was personally mentored by him an additional 9 years.
5. Ted Williams hit "gold" ML pitching better than anyone.
6. Katie Cochran has stated that she has studied TW since she was 11 years old and carries his "Science of Hitting" book with her in her backpack.
7. Katie Cochran is one the most prolific college FP hitters in the history of college FP.
8. According to Epstein's students and parents of his students, many are receiving D1 scholarships and are playing D1 baseball and FP.
9. Epstein has video clips on his website showing the swings of students that have been through his 3 day and 7 day camps. He also has some side by side comparisons of some of his students and ML hitters.
Finally, if the video clip on Epstein's website of the Fleck kid isn't a ML swing capable of hitting "gold" pitching, then just call me dumb. No bat on the deltoid, no sit and spin, no collaspe of the backside etc. Basically, Fleck exhibits none of the characteristics that Epstein's competitors complain about.
Disclaimer: I think it is very important to study the material of all the gurus. I'm actually finding uesful material from many sources including people here on this site.