Posted by: tom.guerry (tom.guerry@kp.org) on Wed Feb 12 10:05:44 2003

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> > Zig:
> > Based on what you are telling is something that I have heard for the last year and a half, I wish that what you are telling me is blowing me out of the water but it is not since we have a hitting instuctor who comes from the major league level who also believes that it is not an athletic problem but and lack of instruction problem.
> > Our girls are taught not only proper mechanics but proper sequence and and how proper kinetics effect their swing.
> > We know that the swing operates from the ground up and how important maintaining proper balance and bat speed/whip it to the swing.
> > Would this indicate that with proper instruction these "girl" athletes can pull off the 34" bat?
> > Tell me why they can't swing it!
> > Robin
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> Zig-
> will you be in the New England area sometime?

If you are in Texas,you might look up Ron Wolforth from pitchingcentral.com (Spring,Texas).

Ron has a pitching center there.He recently put out a pitching video including himself,Paul Nyman and Brent Strom(who works with Tom House some).The consensus was that over the years,overly/poorly structured coaching has taken the athleticism out of pitching(pause at balance point/go to high cock/rotate late,etc.).They are now getting good results in putting the athletcism back in.

Now when it comes to removing athleticism from a skill,there is nothing like the typical linear teaching in fastpitch,abetted by the high profit super light use once and throw away bats(only a slight exaggeration).

Understanding good mechanics and how motor learning occurs are important for coaches who want to resist this trend.