Posted by: BatSpeed.com (MrBatspeed@aol.com) on Sat Dec 8 15:03:04 2007

Hello Everyone:

Below are the general Posting Guidelines for this board.

GENERAL STATEMENTS

You are responsible for the content of your post. BatSpeed.com logs the IP Address of each post. Please be respectful to each other when posting, and debate ideas and theories rather than make personal comments about someone else.

When making a post, please insert a name/handle and subject. An email address is OPTIONAL and up to your discretion.

Please respect materials protected by copyright and ensure that you give credit to another person's statements where credit is due.

POSTING GUIDELINES

Unfortunately, having operated an open discussion board for several years, it is no secret that some individuals would like to turn this discussion board into a chat room. Some wish to gripe about other individuals, some like to vent or flame, some refuse to keep the discussions on baseball or softball topics, and some just wish that this board would go away altogether. But then there is a majority of us who want to read about different ideas, learn from one another, discuss and share the mechanics of the baseball and softball swing. The latter has always been the purpose and goal of this board, and that is what we are trying to protect and maintain.

To that end, this is a discussion board that accepts posts related to baseball and softball, unlike a chat room that may accept every post. Certain posts may not be accepted, including the following situations: material unrelated to baseball or softball; nuisance material; spam or chat room material; outside advertising material; harassing, insulting or flaming material; and other issues which may be reviewed on a case by case basis. We are attempting to protect the integrity of this board so that it can be enjoyable for the fans, coaches and players who want to learn and share different points of view related to baseball and softball.

It is also very important to point out that we encourage everyone’s point of view related to baseball and softball, including those that disagree with ideas presented on this site. If we were all in agreement, we would have very little to discuss. We just encourage and expect some tact and consideration when challenging another person’s point of view. We request that you discuss ideas rather than people.

Because some comments may seem innocuous to us when read quickly and out of context, we request that you inform us via email of any posts that you believe constitute spam, harassment, foul language, or flaming, and thus should not have been approved. We will review the post and, if necessary, delete the post, and if that post has caused a thread to deteriorate into improper or chat room type comments, we may remove the thread at our discretion.

IMPOSTERING ANOTHER PERSONS NAME

Please do not post under another person's name/handle because it is wrong and degrades the integrity of the discussion board. As noted, we log IP Addresses and we can often identify people who post under another person's name or under multiple names/handles.

Please inform us via e-mail if someone is using your name and we will delete the post. At your request, we may post a statement that someone else posted under your identity and, thus, it did not represent your comments or point of view. We may take any further action that we deem appropriate to stop imposter posts to protect the integrity of the board.

ADVERTISING IS PROHIBITED

Posts that appear to advertise or spark interest in a product or website are not permitted and may not be approved, unless we decide that the post may create a good discussion about batting or methods to enhance batting.

PLAY BALL

We hope that you enjoy and learn from the discussions that occur here whether you always agree, always disagree or (like most of you) a little of both. The baseball communities' understanding of the baseball swing has dramatically changed over the last 10-20 years, and we hope this discussion board will continue to open our viewers mind to a new way of thinking about and teaching the baseball swing.

We appreciate the contributions you make. If you have any comments, suggestions or recommendations, please DO NOT attempt to post a reply (no replies will be permitted), but instead email us at MrBatspeed@aol.com.

BatSpeed.com