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I just read this entire thread and wish I could get that 30 minutes back in my life.
In anything competitive, it's not the 1st 95 or even 98% that separates the best from the rest. It's the last 1%(or more realistically the last .1 or .01%). The guys in the 95th percentile of golfers are fighting to win their club championships or dogfights in their spare time after work. The guys in the 99.999th percentiles are trying to make money on tour(225/30 million golfers). So yes 10 or 15% is a huge deal.
It wont be long before a girl is a multi-millionare before leaving college.(how much would/could Jennie Finch have made in college with NIL...),
If crowhopping didn't offer an advantage the men wouldn't do it.
@ArmWhip
It's not a full push...
That's 90+% of the superheavyweight WR(he's not a superheavyweight).
He's outside of the circle. And he's pushing from 41 or so feet.
They should change the rules because it's not called. And it offers an advantage. If girls were allowed to train crowhop mechanics you would see a noticeable difference.
Ummmm, re-read my post.Have you ever personally clocked her
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Who is saying there is no advantage at all? Go back and read the thread again and unlike the first time through, don’t assume everyone is a moron..The only question I have to anyone who thinks that crow-hopping does NOT give an advantage to a pitcher is this: If it's not an advantage, why is it illegal?
As I understand it, the circle has nothing (from a rules standpoint) to do with where the pitcher lands or releases. What I'm scratching my head over is that Folkard is a few inches ahead of the rubber at takeoff. Is that allowed in the men's game?
The only question I have to anyone who thinks that crow-hopping does NOT give an advantage to a pitcher is this: If it's not an advantage, why is it illegal?
They are closer to the batter when they are releasing the ball than they would otherwise be..that is an advantage even if it is small..The only way you can say that isn't an advantage is if you can prove that their velocity is reduced because of the crow hop..Do you see a lot of pitchers in women's fastpitch that know how to maximize their crow hop? The rare times I do see someone doing it there isn't a perceived advantage.
Maximize will always be debatable because not all pitchers did that to reflect on who was better or who was worse using which mechanics. Aka other variables in pitching.Do you see a lot of pitchers in women's fastpitch that know how to maximize their crow hop? The rare times I do see someone doing it there isn't a perceived advantage.
This is certainly true. However when the rubber went from 40 ft away to 43 ft away hitting statistics increased pretty much right away (without a change in anything else eg ball, equipment, etc) so all things being equal less reaction time makes things more difficult..I don't think you (or anybody else) would argue with that.From a hitters perspective
> timing is timing.
This is an important thing to consider in this discussion about what pitchers are doing.