Teddy Ballgame covers the same ground in My Turn At Bat and, as you say, did so much better. The cheery thought for me is that Edgar could probably do as well as Ted ...
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Bemusing to me that you found the article so rudimentary. Very seldom, like 1% of the time, that my take is diametrically opposed to yours. It's kind of refreshing :- )
Would agree that there are a lot of first-principle thoughts, such as point #2 in the finish checklist. But let's bear in mind that his audience is high school and small-college coaches who are resistant to such ideas. When he says "use simulated counts in batting practice" it's easy to imagine the number of amateur coaches who aren't doing that.
Similar to Pete Carroll teaching tackling by going for the lead hip. If Carroll only had 2,000 words to write a primer for college coaches, what would it look like amigo?
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Oh! It just hit me. You find Schwanke too simplistic because you read SSI!! :: slaps head ::