From the net..."In modern times, a season batting average higher than .300 is considered to be excellent, and an average higher than .400 a nearly unachievable goal. The last player to do so, with enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting championship, was Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, who hit .406 in 1941, though the best modern players either threaten to or actually do achieve it occasionally, if only for brief periods of time."
"Ty Cobb holds the record for highest career batting average with .367, 9 points higher than Rogers Hornsby who has the second highest average in history at .358. The record for lowest career batting average for a player with more than 2,500 at-bats belongs to Bill Bergen, a catcher who played from 1901 to 1911 and recorded a .170 average in 3,028 career at-bats. The modern-era record for highest batting average for a season is held by Napoleon Lajoie, who hit .426 in 1901, the first year of play for the American League. The modern-era record for lowest batting average for a player that qualified for the batting title is held by Rob Deer, who hit .179 in 1991. The highest batting average for a rookie was .408 in 1908 by Shoeless Joe Jackson."
"For non-pitchers, a batting average below .230 is often considered poor, and one below .200 is completely unacceptable. This latter level is known as "The Mendoza Line", named for Mario Mendoza, a stellar defensive shortstop who hit .215 during his Major League career. The league batting average in Major League Baseball for 2004 was just higher than .266, and the all-time league average is between .260 and .275."
So with all of our good information from a softball site why aren't the guys from the baseball sites having anymore of an affect on the hitting skills for the MLB ELITE SWINGS?
We can point out any flaw we see in a video however we may be lacking in exactly how to go about getting them to listen to us!
The MLB guys must not be listening to the good advice they are getting from these boards and the hitting instructors should all be fired for not doing a better job they are doing or have done over the years!
The data if that means anything over video, would suggest video alone has not made many improvements by it self when you look at the data.
That is not a debate, however it would suggest even if you see the flaw, count the frames and pontificate what works, they still are not listening and watching the video's to make improvements.
To my knowledge Bustos is the only player to have averaged over .400 in her 10 year career which may put her in a league all alone with the females kind of like TSW.
A final thought from the net..."The athletes also spoke about the quality of their coaches’ teaching methods. Specifically, they emphasized how their coaches paid “great attention to the little details” (p13). These coaches had the ability to “pull out the finer things when teaching a player” (p14), and instructions were specific. They did not tell their players to “just get it done” (p1). Instead, they explained exactly how to get it done [2, 3, 8]. The athletes also mentioned how their coaches simplified the process. One athlete explained how his coach “always found a way to break things down to the most simplistic sense” (p15). "
"Another athlete said that his coach sometimes had players practice their skills in slow motion. In general, training sessions were designed so that there was a progression from simple to complex: “You would start out small and go big and he would build on his teachings. When we moved from simple to complex, the purpose of the drill was not lost. The same theme ran through each progression” (p12).These athletes’ comments suggest that great coaches pace their instruction according to each athlete’s learning curve."
Just something to think about when teaching or coaching at any level in my opinion....
Thanks Howard
"Ty Cobb holds the record for highest career batting average with .367, 9 points higher than Rogers Hornsby who has the second highest average in history at .358. The record for lowest career batting average for a player with more than 2,500 at-bats belongs to Bill Bergen, a catcher who played from 1901 to 1911 and recorded a .170 average in 3,028 career at-bats. The modern-era record for highest batting average for a season is held by Napoleon Lajoie, who hit .426 in 1901, the first year of play for the American League. The modern-era record for lowest batting average for a player that qualified for the batting title is held by Rob Deer, who hit .179 in 1991. The highest batting average for a rookie was .408 in 1908 by Shoeless Joe Jackson."
"For non-pitchers, a batting average below .230 is often considered poor, and one below .200 is completely unacceptable. This latter level is known as "The Mendoza Line", named for Mario Mendoza, a stellar defensive shortstop who hit .215 during his Major League career. The league batting average in Major League Baseball for 2004 was just higher than .266, and the all-time league average is between .260 and .275."
So with all of our good information from a softball site why aren't the guys from the baseball sites having anymore of an affect on the hitting skills for the MLB ELITE SWINGS?
We can point out any flaw we see in a video however we may be lacking in exactly how to go about getting them to listen to us!
The MLB guys must not be listening to the good advice they are getting from these boards and the hitting instructors should all be fired for not doing a better job they are doing or have done over the years!
The data if that means anything over video, would suggest video alone has not made many improvements by it self when you look at the data.
That is not a debate, however it would suggest even if you see the flaw, count the frames and pontificate what works, they still are not listening and watching the video's to make improvements.
To my knowledge Bustos is the only player to have averaged over .400 in her 10 year career which may put her in a league all alone with the females kind of like TSW.
A final thought from the net..."The athletes also spoke about the quality of their coaches’ teaching methods. Specifically, they emphasized how their coaches paid “great attention to the little details” (p13). These coaches had the ability to “pull out the finer things when teaching a player” (p14), and instructions were specific. They did not tell their players to “just get it done” (p1). Instead, they explained exactly how to get it done [2, 3, 8]. The athletes also mentioned how their coaches simplified the process. One athlete explained how his coach “always found a way to break things down to the most simplistic sense” (p15). "
"Another athlete said that his coach sometimes had players practice their skills in slow motion. In general, training sessions were designed so that there was a progression from simple to complex: “You would start out small and go big and he would build on his teachings. When we moved from simple to complex, the purpose of the drill was not lost. The same theme ran through each progression” (p12).These athletes’ comments suggest that great coaches pace their instruction according to each athlete’s learning curve."
Just something to think about when teaching or coaching at any level in my opinion....
Thanks Howard
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