completely new pitching mechanics (mike marshall) on MLB network... wierd

bakstop: Go to the pitching forum and search on "Marshall" you will get more information than you care for.

No offense BOF but if anyone ends up going to that thread and reading it they may end up breating out of their mouth and have to wear a helmet 24/7. I just out of therapy from my interaction in it.

i am some what familiar with the marshall approach.

i just watched him on the mlb interview. he isn't a snappy dresser, but that aside he had me thinking, jeese it makes sence until...........the footwork on the mond, the throw from the mound.
just doesn't get it done for me. but i did like the interview though. but i've seen enough,i'm good with it for another few years.

It is no secret that the Media feed on the bizarre and controversial as a way of frothing up viewer interest and creating entertainment.

Marshall has sufficient credentials from accomplishments long past to convey the minimally necessary veneer of credibility--hey, former Cy Young winner, PhD, good pitcher in his day, lots of pseudo-scientific jargon and bluster....maybe he DOES know something....

But, unfortunately, Marshall has been at this for a long, long time now and his work has come to nothing. So, instead of showing that his pitching mechanics work (which he apparently cannot do, despite years of trying), Marshall simply ordains that his mechanics work. And, of course, he also ordains that no one else knows anything useful about pitching but him.

Good luck with that.

That's what I was wondering...... If his methods are so successful, where are some of his star students? Any big leaguers?

...and same thing with that Dick Mills guy. He seems to say that everything that has been taught is wrong.

as i remember dick mills taught the stuff of the times. then his son was drafted which lent credabilty to his methods. then i think they tried to fix/change his son's mechanics, which lead to meny phone calls by dick mills to the pitching coach........the rest is history.

but he was no marshall,

20dad-

I think the story goes.....

1) Dad sold $1,000,000.00 pitching mechanic secrets.
2) 1.5 years later, dad sold video of son performing dad's $1,000,000.00 mechanics. Son did not look like the mechanics being sold.
3) Son was having trouble in the pro's.
4) Dad stepped in and made son look like $1,000,000.00 mechanics.
5) Son didn't fair too well after that.