Posted by: JLB (oz2009@verizon.net) on Wed Jun 4 09:19:43 2008

> Look JLB, we're more on the same page than we think here.

John,

I agree. Knowledge is meaningless unless we can teach in a manner that produces results. Perhaps, as instructors, we are just on different points of a timeline. I mean there comes a time when you teach the core movements as you state. But it seems once the players get these core moves down, they start to develop flaws. Flaws equate to slumps, whether in college or beyond. So you then focus on correcting flaws which is different than teaching core movements. Look at what Tiger does after a less than spectacular round: he goes to the cage, er, I mean the practice tee, with his swing coach and makes corrections. No doubt he has the core movements down, but somewhere during the round a link was fractured. Same with hitters, when they are making good contact, they don't want to mess with anything. But as soon as a slump rears its head, they start to examine flaws. What makes them great athletes is their ability to make corrections. In addition, there are degrees which separate great hitters from average hitters who share equal athletic prowess. What is it that gives them that extra "pop" which I have asked before? Maybe its torque at the bat handle. Maybe its simply the ability to keep the kinetic links together better than other players. I don't know, but I am looking forward to Jack's research on high draft choices. Time for me to go back to lurking as I have written more today than in my eight years prior.
Best of luck,
JLB