And let me add to today's entry one more heretical notion. Some yrs. back someone asked Paul Nyman as to what he thought about the newfound interest in quantitative analysis applied to baseball player development.
His reply was along the lines of ....it's kinda like giving the nuclear bomb to Eskimos.
In this context, last night I spent some time looking at various instructors citing the great value of the Blast Motion metrics/analysis. But. From my vantage point, here was the problem:
In this context, last night I spent some time looking at various instructors citing the great value of the Blast Motion metrics/analysis. But. From my vantage point, here was the problem:
Not a SINGLE hitter I saw being cited as greatly benefitting from this analysis conformed to Paul Nyman's "building code" of HIS description of a high level swing, i.e., good posture, connection, rotation [PCR or PCRW]. THE standard I know well and utilize to analyze hitters.
Thus, from my vantage point, these metrics may well be measuring/quantifying SOMETHING, but it is not at all clear to me that it is measuring the kinds of functional characteristics I consider highly relevant.
And it was --based on these you tube ex. and numerous others who advocate for the Blast Motion that I have elsewhere seen---blatantly obvious to me that these instructors really do NOT understand a high level swing or how to teach it.
And of course I will add that anyone who wants to challenge these assertions on my part should feel free to do do so. I think most should know that I welcome rational discourse/arguments/challenges!
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