Originally posted by Steve Englishbey
Follow-up:
Here is your sentence I have objected to. Maybe you want to revisit, maybe not, but I firmly believe you wanted to make a point that you did not prove in your following statements:
I think that one of the main reasons why many coaches [at the high school level down] want the back elbow down is because of the problem of batdrag ,ie external rotation of the back arm to initiate the movement ,to "whip the bat",to overcome the inertia of the bat.{Most do not know the mechanical and psycho-physical realities of bat drag----but they know it when they see it ---and they see it alot in many young hitters.]
As you will see in my posts, I do not have any problem with the comments that followed, except that they were completely dicoonnected from the first. I don't think most HS coaches or below teach the elbow down because of anything related to bat drag. We can battle that issue until hell rises forth because until either of us does an extensive study on the subject there will be no proof, but I firmly believe you were consciencely or sub-conscienclely making an unfounded point in your message. The unfounded point part I can prove because you have no foundation for your point beyond "I believe" and i think you wanted to emphasize that point and so made it part of your opening sentence.
You have many defenders here and that is good, but don't knock down the coaches working every day with kids because they love the game and teach what they know best. You (and I) could probably learn a few things from them even today after your many years of experience.
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