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Did a quick forum search and did not find this topic covered. 

Let's get to the juicy stuff.   I don't think anyone can deny that quality instruction is valuable.   However, finding quality instruction is the trick.  There are tons of former single A and college players out there who will train players.  Yet, is it any good?  There are dozens of slick marketers out there, some with gimmicks they sell.  Who's worth their salt?  Looking at hitting and pitching instruction.

Let's get some feed back on:

1) Who is the best in your state?  Name the state.

2) Who is the best in your region?  Obviously, tell us the region.

3) Who's the absolute best there is who is readily available to the public?   

4) Who's the best, including professional team instructors/coaches with whom you'll probably never work?

Give a brief sentence or two to justify your nominees.  

Hopefully PG will chime in.  He has to have a pretty vast range of experience in this.

I am that wretch.

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Unanswerable.  How would I know?  Can't send my kid to each one for a year to find out.  Besides, it's about the fit, not who is the "best".  The answer is different for each kid.

But for me, for pitching, Pedro Borbon, Houston area.  For hitting (even though my son won't go to a hitting lesson, would prefer to do it himself) Mark Machalek.

 

If nominated, I will not run.  If elected, I will not serve.  ... or something like that.  LOL

There is no way this can be answered.  In fact, you couldn't set any criteria that we all would agree on.  For some, they get students that are already pretty polished and then claim to be the reason that these players have success.  For others, they get kids that can barely swing it and through patience and time, produce some players that are decent.   There are some great instructors that toil in obscurity while some BS specialist get reputations for excellence that they don't deserve.

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