Posted by: Doug () on Tue Oct 7 08:11:07 2003

Doug- Wait until you have a daughter or two.
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> Pitching coaching in baseball has been a huge problem just like
> hitting coaching in fastpitch(pitching coaching in fastpitch for the
> most part is accessible and excellent,one reason balance is so
> poor/stacked in favor of pitcher).That is why there are so many
> foreign born players and position players who end up making it
> as pitchers in the bigs.Overstructured/ill-informed
> coaching(pause/circle up/nothing happens til footplant/rotate
> late/slow down/down and out tend to be "killer" cues in a bad
> way) has ruined the development of throwing ability of many a
> young kid.Without developing throwing "ability" ,there is no
> adequate foundation to build the skill of being a pitcher(getting
> batters out) on top of.

Tom, I went through the softball thing, but thank goodness she is grown up now as the triple headers were enough to drive me nuts. I agree with you that the teaching of pitching/throwing in most areas is very poor, as is the hitting instruction. I have spent my time working with my own son who is a hitter and is in college (UCLA) on scholarship. As long as he is swinging the bat properly, I am happy. I have a granddaughter who is 2 and I pray that she takes up basketball or volleyball.

Doug
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