Posted by: Mike Sperling () on Thu Nov 27 08:46:49 2003

Whoa there killer, lets remember thats this is a kids game when it comes down to it. If a poster asking for help knows and understands the terms and concepts that are being used to help him, how isnt he learning something. You can use a very powerful tool called you mind for visualization. It works very well, especially working with hitting!
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> > I won't argue that certain individuals who are receiving written scientific responses given on this forum will comprehend them but really, what small percentage of those "posters" are we talking about?
> > Those I have read are looking for more user friendly assistance that they are hopeful they can translate and then apply to come up with a hopeful solution to their problem. I doubt any one of them will come back on the forum and say..."you know...I just didn't get what you meant by "x" degree angle, axis, flexion, extension or initiation?" What they will do is move onto another site and again- try to find another simplified band aid solution they can better understand.
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> > Would you argue that visualization through a written medium sure leaves a lot open to interpretation? Verses say a video with proven systems and with the ability to freeze frame,slow motion, frame by frame, rewind, trouble shoot etc.? A video or CD that can "show" a viewer the above noted scientific terms!
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> > I think you are confusing this forum with eteamz or another Little League oriented site. It is not "just" a kids game...most posters on this site would agree that their are countless adults and many, many multi-millionaires playing this great game. However, teaching kids the correct age appropriate mechanics as a child ensures they continue to find a modicum of success in one of the "toughest things to do in sports" (hit a baseball) as they grow older. The perhaps, fewer kids will jump the baseball ship to go play Soccer (stats support that statement).
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> Hey dude baseball IS a game for kids. It's the parents who have the fantasy of their kid playing MLB. Nothing wrong with that, I suppose, but what is your point anyway? Are you saying kids should not be allowed to ask questions but it's ok for adults? I see you continually bashing this site, bashing 9 year olds, bashing kids, bashing Readers Digest, bashing Eteamz, bashing Jack's tape and DVD and PRAISING the dude at the other site. Why don't you just get to the point of what your agenda really is???

I am just an innocent bystander but I'll out in my 2 cents. Actually, I'm not a bystander, I just don't care for engaging in the nonsense that these discussions tend to develope into. Take this discussion, for example. I bought the tape, I bought the DVD, I read the materials at this site and I follow the discussions. I passed along what I learned to my son, he put some into practice, discarded what he did nit need, and he improved. Now a newcomer comes over from another site trying to convince me that all of that work was for nothing. He says questions should not be asked, he says my son is too young to learn, he says I would get more information from Readers digest than I would get from this site.
Well, I have news for you, newcomer, I know my son and you don't.When you attack the site you are attacking hundreds of parents and kids you don't even know. I believe in rotational mechanics as taught by Jack, because I know what worked for my son (who you don't even know). I know that it is never too early to learn. Olympic skaters start training at 3 years old!
What I would like to know is, if you don't like the site, why do uou stick around? If your motive for sticking around is to convert people to your brand of hitting, you will not suceed. Why? Because you are attacking hundreds of sucess stories just like my son. If you prefer Readers Digest that's ok with me, but personally I prefer rotationa; mechanics, the Jack Mankin Way!