I think rating pitching gurus is a potential recipe for disaster....when you talk about philosophy, you can attach them to some extent to folks that teach it, but when you talk about certain pitching instructors by name, IMO it becomes personal, and many flame throwers out there. I certainly have read, studied, and spent time in person with many of them...Nyman is likely my go to when it comes down to it, but remember this, if they all said the exact same thing, it would be tough to convince someone that they are the one's you should spend money with, so each has to be somewhat unique to separate themselves from the others. I have certain aspects I like about most of them, and each of them have something I am not fond of.
good point. Perhaps naming names is not the best idea. And to clarify on mills I do like some of what he says. It is his constant criticism of others that is kind of a turnoff for me.
Funny you should say that because I take more from Mills probably than any other guru out there. However, I think there are some fundamental things he's completely wrong on. I would never send my kid to him for instruction, either, because he just comes across as a complete "my way or the highway" kind of guy. Also, while he is more open to most when it comes to using modern research, there is an area or two where he's adopted particular research, sticks with it to the end, and refuses to see possible flaws or mountains of contradictory research (mainly concerning weighted ball training). Other's? Paul has good stuff. Take some. Leave some. Steve Ellis I find almost useless. He has some good ideas but is so commercially oriented that he plays it all close to the vest and spouts the normal ages-old mantra for the non-paying masses. Mostly, I've found almost no one who has nothing to offer me and absolutely no one who I would take hook, line, and sinker on their ideas. Buy the way, some of the best actual hands-on, applicable stuff comes straight from Driveline.