Posted by: Teacherman () on Sun May 9 12:38:46 2004

>>>Rob, I did not ask for Jack's resume. I asked for Brian's. As far you go, I see you are mentioning your baseball background again. I thought it did not matter, but you keep bringing it up, but keep playing hide and seek. I don't care where you played anymore than you care where I played. I am interested in who has been taught and where are they at.If there are no success stories, what good is the information that you have?
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> Who cares what my resume is Doug. I played ball for about 12 years. Had Jack undertaken his efforts earlier, it could have been a much different story. I have no regrets at all. I am happily engaged in a new career unrelated to baseball, though I enjoy BatSpeed.com and the discussions that occur here.
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> The real question is what is your resume because you are the one espousing unfounded theories. Who did you teach from a young age that made it to the pros? Most pro batting coaches are none other than former pro hitters who retired and thereby gained the "stature" to become a "pro batting coach," regardless of their understanding of batting mechanics. Very few major league coaches have actually transformed a decent hitter from youth and made him into a great hitter. They work with player who have already made it to the pros. This is why many pro coaches believe that you have to "be a born hitter" because they do not know how to turn a fair hitter into a great hitter. That is not very impressive in my opinion nor are your arguments.
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> ONCE AGAIN, if you believe that the information presented on this site is incorrect, then describe exactly where the batting mechanics taught on this site differ from the batting mechanics used by Barry Bonds or Sammy Sosa - two of the best hitters in the game.
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> Let’s put your baseless theory to the test, but you won't do it. Since you can't discuss the mechanics, you are left with ad hominem attacks on this site. Very weak on your part, but I'll expect more of the same because that is all I have seen from you so far.
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> PS. It appears that you also post frequently on Setpro, so do you discount everything Nyman writes because he did not play pro ball?
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If you only knew the whole story!!! You are embarassing to those of us who do.

Some have come on here and bragged about their "credentials", yet speak in hollow terms and get praise from you Mankinites. Others, with credentials but never mentioned, offer their sound advice and are ridiculed by an officeworker of this site. Please.

Doug's beliefs are very similar to yours. He's a rotational type instructor. May or may not believe in every principle you claim. But he's closer to you than against you. Yet, you center the argument on which former major leaguer can coach and which can't.

Everyone in the baseball world knows George Brett was taught by Charlie Lau, Mr. Linear. Yet, you claim he's rotational. Arod has been taught by Lau Jr., and you claim he's rotational. The question no one here can answer, that has been asked first by Mr. Nyman and then by others, is, since you believe almost all coaching is linear, why is it that 95% or better of the mlb players are rotational??????

I really don't think you have a complete picture. Some things are well thought out and accurate. Other things you say are very naive and elementary. Torque applied by the top hand is totally inaccurate. There is something going on there. It just isn't THT.