Greenmonsters
Wannabe Duck Boat Owner
Question - do you find showing girls video of themselves to be helpfull?
Question - do you find showing girls video of themselves to be helpfull?
That's a vastly difference experience from mine. Most of the girls I work with have no idea who the elite fastpitch players are, for the most part. They've heard of Jennie Finch, and Cat Osterman, because they've been on TV and in magazines a lot, but they don't know a single hitter. They don't watch the WCWS. So other than one being a girl and one being a boy, most don't know Crystal Bustos from Albert Pujols. Sad, but true.
Some do watch MLB occasionally with their fathers so they know Cubs players (which isn't exactly the model you want to follow).
Question - do you find showing girls video of themselves to be helpfull?
Kind of sound like my golf instructor at one of my lessons. I'm still into the grip it and rip it baseball swing, so I figure I will never be a good golfer. Why I guess I don't like to talk about golf and a comparison to baseball/softballs swings . It has caused me a bunch of $$ in lessons.
Howard - As I am sure you know, there are certainly many learning styles, so you have to adjust your instruction to get it to "click" in different ways for different learners.
For the argument that girls have no interest in watching MLB players because they can't relate, do they feel the same way about male instructors? If Howard does a demo, how is that different? (Is it the bat? I've recently seen video of instructors swinging brooms and PVC piping to illustrate points.)
I am really struggling with any argument that MLB swings can't be of value to the softball community. I showed Bustos to my high school baseball guys the other day and they loved it. To me, the video is more about the feel than what is seen. If you can't feel what the player is doing, seeing it doesn't matter. (And feeling requires getting up and swinging the bat - especially if it is something new and different!!!)
Question - do you find showing girls video of themselves to be helpfull?