Reply to "Downhill Plane is BS"

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Well, I see "downhill plane" lauded in baseball left and right. Just by way of example, here are scout notes from a PG event: https://www.perfectgame.org/ar...w.aspx?article=14580

". . . created good downhill plane from an over-the-top arm slot"
"The arm action was short and compact with an over-the-top arm slot. The slot created good downhill plane on the fastball"
". . . but he was able to make and adjustment and get back to working on top of the ball which allowed for downhill plane"

Downhill plane is one of those things repeated in baseball circles like a mantra. What Boddy and the others are saying is it is meaningless -- it's not correlated with better pitching. Though the data that's relevant isn't data for an individual pitcher, it's the overall data across all pitchers.

And I don't disagree with any of your four keys to pitching, Old School.

11/13/185:54 PM

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