Posted by: Alan (alanlupinetti@netzero.com) on Sat Apr 13 10:29:40 2002

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> > > OK. LET'S GET SOMETHING STRAIGHT, #1 THEY MOVED THE RUBBER FROM 4OFT
> > > TOO 43FT TO HELP THE HITTERS, AS NO ONE WAS SCORING ANY RUNS.........
> > > DO YOU GET IT, NO RUNS........#2 IF YOU THINK BASEBALL IS ON ANOTHER LEVEL THAN SOFTBALL=MEANING BETTER THAN! WAKE UP COACHES!!!!! GO GET YOURSELF A SQUAD OF 12YR OLD BOYS THE BEST YOU CAN FIND AND A TRAVEL TEAM OF 12YR OLD GIRLS AND HAVE THEM PLAY EACH OTHER,BOTH PITCHING TO EACH OTHER DIFFERENT, THROWING AND DISTANCE WISE. I THINK YOUR THEORIES, OR KNOWLEDGE GOES RIGHT OUT THE DOOR. #3 BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL THEORIES & KNOWLEDGE ARE AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE SAME AND DIFFERENT, DUE TO COACH/TEACHERS GETTING PAID TO GIVE LESSONS...HOW MUCH NOW...$30 FOR 20 MINS.....RIPP OFF!!.....REMEMBER WE CAN SIT AND
> > > ARGUE ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG, I THINK EVERYBODY IS RIGHT AND EVERYBODY IS WRONG IF YOU THINK ONE THING WORKS FOR ALL, HITTING IS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYBODY? RIGHT..........WHICH FORUM SHOULD WE GO TO NOW?
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> > YO BIG DADDY-
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> > Sounds like you should go to the postmodern baseball forum where truth is relative,irony is king and there is no right and wrong except in the mind of the solipsistic you.
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> > Once you get past yourself,you might try to see if maybe some things are more right than others.Nothing is perfect.
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> > If you educate yourself you might be able to help those you love reach their potential without indenturing yourself to an expensive coach.
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> > My personal belief is that there is one optimal way to hit the ball when reaction time is limited as in baseball and fastpitch.It is the rotational way well described here.There are situations where bunting,slapping and placement are preferred.It's a complex game.
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> > The girls/women's fastpitch world is saturated with years of a traditional misunderstood set of teachings which limit the ability of any who follow them to the letter.It's like giving up from the start and sacrificing your kids potential during the formative years(up to age 14)they will never have again.The lucky ones are good athletes who ignore the well meaning coaches and are left alone until the experienced coaches(who don't know anymore about mechanics)do know how to get out of their way.Spend your budget in college on recruiting,not teaching hitting mechanics.Teach your girl rotational mechanics if you want to get them into college unless they pitch well or are left handed and get down the first base line fast.
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> ///ALRIGHT, I GUESS I SOUNDED A LITTLE MAD...YES, I WAS NOT TRYING TOO
> STATE THIS SITE IS NOT CORRECT, AS I AGREE WITH THE STATEMENTS AND BELIEVE THE TRUTHS ETC..BUT I CAN NOT STAND THE WAY BASEBALL COACH'S STATE THAT SOFTBALL IS ALOT DIFFERENT THAN SOFTBALL IN THE WORLD OF HITTING. I DO AGREE ON THE HITTER MOVING BACK, DUE TO THE LIMITED TIME
> IN JUDGEMENT OF HITTING THE BALL. WHEN I HEAR THE COACH'S STATE THE BALL CURVES MORE OR BRAKES MORE, BLAH,BLAH BLAH..THEY NEED TO START TO CATCH THESE PITCHERS AND SEE FOR THEMSELVES, WHAT IS TRUE AND WHAT IS FALSE,AS THIS SITE HAS DONE FOR HITTING. KNOWING WHAT THE PITCHER THROWS ALSO WILL HELP THE HITTER,LIKE TENDENCIES OF THE PITCHER, IN WHAT THEY LIKE TO THROW AND WHEN.

Thanks Big Daddy,I figured they moved the mound back for scoring. Does anyone have any data to prove this has helped. By the way i'm glad somebody else has caught these pitchers and seen how much a softball really breaks. If you have caught in the past like I did you understand that when you set a target and the pitcher starts the ball towards that spot in tracking to catch the ball you move from this spot to the point you actually catch it, the difference is how far it moves. Suffice to say it is not as gerat as most people would lead you to believe, but what do you expect in 40 ft, the same can be said of the Little League distance of 45 ft. If you catch someone from 60 ft the spin of the ball has 20 and/or 15 ft more to work with.