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Re: Re: The sorry state of the art/science of hitting


Posted by: mb () on Thu Jan 30 19:32:43 2003


If anyone doubts that linear principles still rule in the world of baseball instruction, please take a gander at the following link, and open up the discussion entitled “8-yr old hitting mechanics.” This thread promises to expand, but already some of the advice is astonishing.
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> > http://www.eteamz.com/baseball/boards/baseball/
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> Wow. Think of it this way - if that many people think the youngster's swing is better, that makes it so much easier for the kids with good swings to succeed!
> Perhaps we should have Darwin awards for hitting tips and hitting posts...
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You want to see something scary check Mark McQwire's swing in Golf Digest. You will have to sign up (for free) then go to Ineractive Swing Sequences. He is demonstrating a linear swing. Not the McQwire I know. Why would he do this???http://www.golfdigest.com/login/login.ssf?/instruction/swingsequences/


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