THE MYTH OF PERFECT MECHANICS Forget the Cookie-Cutter Approach
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I have a question for everyone who talks about mechanics as if it were one monolithic, universal, ideal model in which all the experts
And it is almost ALWAYS done with love and the very best of intentions. My sincere advice: Stay away from anyone who wants to place your athlete inside of a specific mold. However well-intended, it almost always ends poorly. In 2017, you can find the exact information you need to help your athlete approach their
agree: EXACTLY whose mechanics are you talking about anyway?
Bob Feller or Roger Clemens? Sandy Koufax or Randy Johnson? Pedro Martinez or Juan Marichel? Max Scherzer or Clayton Kershaw? Guess what? All of these guys were pretty darn good over a long period of time. And guess what else? None of them had the same mechanics. The truth is no two pitchers in the history of baseball have EVER thrown identically. Therefore, from our vantage point at the Texas Baseball Ranch®, insisting that there is one ideal mechanical model, or in other words, “cookie cutting” or “cloning” your pitchers is one of the very worst things one could do to a young man. Yet we see this scene play out again and again, every single day, all over the world.
God-given potential. In fact, it’s just a few clicks away. Don’t surrender responsibility to someone who doesn’t understand the innate uniqueness of your son simply because that instructor played some professional baseball or because a training facility is located very conveniently to your home and for your schedule. In my opinion, we owe our children better than that. We owe it to them to get them the very best information we possibly can. Every pitcher is unique, so why should their mechanics be any different?
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AN UNASSISTED MASTERPIECE Eric Bruntlett’s Triple Play From stealing home to hitting an inside-the-park home run, baseball is full of amazing plays that you only see once in a blue moon. The rarest of all plays, though, is, without question, the unassisted triple play. Since the advent of baseball records well over a century ago, only 15 players have managed to record all three outs in an inning in one fell swoop. Eric Bruntlett of the Phillies turned the most recent example, on August 23, 2009. Bruntlett’s play is even more miraculous because it ended the game that day between his Philadelphia Phillies and the New York Mets. With the Phillies leading nine to seven and the Mets on first and second, Jeff Francoeur smacked a line drive up the middle. With the runners in motion, Bruntlett caught the ball, touched second base, and tagged Daniel Murphy. Game over. Just like that. Johnny Neum is the only other player to accomplish such a feat, all the way back in 1927. Bruntlett may not have had a career worthy of the Hall of Fame, but his unassisted triple play will go down in the annals of baseball history. Not bad for a few seconds of work.
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