Posted by: Steve () on Thu Jan 30 16:50:25 2003

If anyone doubts that linear principles still rule in the world of baseball instruction, please take a gander at the following link, and open up the discussion entitled “8-yr old hitting mechanics.” This thread promises to expand, but already some of the advice is astonishing.
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> > http://www.eteamz.com/baseball/boards/baseball/
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> Wow. Think of it this way - if that many people think the youngster's swing is better, that makes it so much easier for the kids with good swings to succeed!
> Perhaps we should have Darwin awards for hitting tips and hitting posts...

Major Dan:

My thoughts exactly. Whenever I see this kind of “advice” doled out to another kid, I figure my 11 year old is a notch closer to someday making his high school team. I do note that Tom Guerry has now joined the discussion over there and is endeavoring to introduce a bit of rotational good sense into the mix. I do believe it is a noble fight that we Mankin and Epstein “cultists” (as one would have it) must wage.