I cringe when I see a Topic labeled as “Evaluate My Son’s Swing” or something like that. The poster puts on a video of his son and asks for help or instruction on corrections. I do not think it’s a good idea to do. There is no checks and balances on the person giving the advice or instruction. I see great answers at times to these questions and at other times answers that are posted just to show off a bit of knowledge on how the body works throughout a swing. Knowing how it’s supposed to look and teaching how to get there are different. Knowing how it’s supposed to look is maybe the first step in, “how to get there” but it’s not enough to give much instructional advice and could do more harm than good.
If I gave 6 people reading this, 10 steps in written command (non hitting, just movements) on what to do with your hands, legs, feet, arms, waist and head….I’m sure I would have 6 people looking 6 different ways and not what I really wanted. When I read some posts giving help I laugh at not the post itself giving help but the reader contorting his body in front of the computer trying to feel what the poster is trying to relay.
Again for the most part I do read some good advice, but I know from simply reading that some of the posters giving advice have never spent time in a cage working with a hitter or more importantly hitters of various skill level. I am not trying to sound pompous or come off as a know it all. I just hate seeing a hitter get more confused and screwed up than they might already be. Or a player that’s on the right track getting set back.
Anyone else see the hitting forum as a bad idea for instruction or a bit dangerous at times?
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