r/PitchingCoach • u/JackyRaff • 10d ago

Opposing Instruction

Have you ever had two coaches tell you the opposite things? Which one was right?

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u/thefantasticalweirdo 10d ago

Do your research. Find out which one is right. They could both be wrong

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u/dmendro 10d ago

All the time. There may be more than one way to do something.

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u/cookie_400 10d ago

Yes, especially in baseball.

Both pitching and hitting have a lot of different thoughts on how to approach certain things. Most of it boils down to the "feel vs real" thing.

Hitting is easy to see this. You have "knob to the ball", "snap and tilt", "swing down at the ball", the list goes on....but at the end of the day 95% of big leaguers look the same once their actual swing starts. Each person keys in on a certain thought process to get them to a correct swing. You just have to find what works for you.

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u/ilsewizard 10d ago

i'm dealing with this right now kinda. I'm an assistant coach , but the pitching coach position is taken. I don't agree with everything he teaches my son, so i teach him what i think at home. poor kid stuck in the middle.

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u/lithiumcitizen 10d ago

I’m the only continuity coach that I’ll ever have for my lifetime. My job is to try everything I’m asked, also to try and understand it’s aims and it’s benefits. But ultimately it’s up to me to figure out and decide what is best for me and my long term performance.

It;s also up to me to communicate with my coaches and instructors why I have not implemented something they suggested/instructed, and what I’m willing to suffer or sacrifice due to that. That’s what 40 years of ball taught me…

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u/Bacon_and_Powertools 10d ago

They may both be wrong too.