Greenmonsters
Wannabe Duck Boat Owner
Some reflections after re-reading through this thread.
What I currently think I know:
The high-level MLB pattern/ swing is the FP objective
Not all MLB swings are optimally efficient/high level (i.e., it’s hard to stay in the majors)
MLB swings are more efficient (i.e., powerfull and adjustable) than college BB and SB swings
FP SB acceptance and teaching of the high-level swing lags behind BB by at least a few years
There are physical differences between males and females
Video WITH verbal analysis is far more effective than written analysis of video/photos alone, which is far more effective than written analysis alone
What I still don’t know:
Is it just a lack of video availability that limits teaching of the desired high-level swing using elite females (Bustos, Corchran, Yee etc)? or are these swings too inefficient to be effective?
How much inefficiency can be attributed to physical male/female differences?
My video analysis skills have a lot of room for improvement
In Summation - I actually think that most here agree on much more than we disagree relative to hitting – its just that the disagreement garners more attention, which isn’t a bad thing. I also think that video w/ audio is the most effective way to communicate in this type of setting because it eliminates a lot of potential confusion and misunderstanding related to terminology and semantics. I think some of the things Hitter was trying to explain became infinitely clearer when the video clips were added. Tewks was also very effective at communicating his points of interest when he did this. I know its golf, but when I checked out the links to Jim Hardy’s narrated golf swing clips that Tom G posted above, I immediately thought how effective that could be for SB here.
What I currently think I know:
The high-level MLB pattern/ swing is the FP objective
Not all MLB swings are optimally efficient/high level (i.e., it’s hard to stay in the majors)
MLB swings are more efficient (i.e., powerfull and adjustable) than college BB and SB swings
FP SB acceptance and teaching of the high-level swing lags behind BB by at least a few years
There are physical differences between males and females
Video WITH verbal analysis is far more effective than written analysis of video/photos alone, which is far more effective than written analysis alone
What I still don’t know:
Is it just a lack of video availability that limits teaching of the desired high-level swing using elite females (Bustos, Corchran, Yee etc)? or are these swings too inefficient to be effective?
How much inefficiency can be attributed to physical male/female differences?
My video analysis skills have a lot of room for improvement
In Summation - I actually think that most here agree on much more than we disagree relative to hitting – its just that the disagreement garners more attention, which isn’t a bad thing. I also think that video w/ audio is the most effective way to communicate in this type of setting because it eliminates a lot of potential confusion and misunderstanding related to terminology and semantics. I think some of the things Hitter was trying to explain became infinitely clearer when the video clips were added. Tewks was also very effective at communicating his points of interest when he did this. I know its golf, but when I checked out the links to Jim Hardy’s narrated golf swing clips that Tom G posted above, I immediately thought how effective that could be for SB here.