Posted by: Doug () on Sat May 8 08:55:22 2004

Brian, I have mentioned many times on this message board that I feel that your Dad is a good teacher. My problem is not with him, as I enjoy reading many of his posts and agree with much of what he says. I never bring up pro ball unless someone with no pro background takes a pot shot at the pro guys. The only people who do that are people that did not play, and I feel it is out of jealousy. As far as taping and using slow motion and frame by frame, I have been doing that since I bought my first VCR in the eary 80's. How long have you been studying the swing? You don't have to be a rocket scientist to watch a swing and look for good and bad points in the swing. Mechanics are about half of the challange of hitting successfully. Learning how to hit is the other half. How to approach hitting is where the guy with 3000 AB's comes in. You don't have the experience to help a hitter with that part of the game, and tape won't get it done.

Doug