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12. ARTICLES....... Reaching Hitting Potential

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Reaching Hitting Potential
By Tony Scoglio
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"Everybody knows how to hit, but very few really do" - Ted Williams
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There is a preconception that professional instructors and coaches share a common hitting philosophy / methodology. In truth, many coaches and instructors only echo the conventional notions of teaching: parroting the same old information, misconceptions and methods that have been taught incorrectly for decades. That's what separates and distinguishes quality instruction.
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That may sound a little harsh until you grasp one of Plato's philosophical principles. ... Yes, I said Plato ... He wrote, "We know it to be true of any seed or growing thing, whether plant or animal, that if it fails to find its proper nourishment or climate or soil, then more vigorous it is, the more it will lack the qualities it should possess." (He was a little long-winded!) If Plato had taught baseball or softball, this would have been his way of saying that talented players are more affected by prosaic or mediocre instruction than the least gifted. That's because their innate abilities can make poor technique work to a degree. They achieve a certain level of success and effectiveness, but because of their natural gifts, the inadequacy of their skills is not detected until it's too late. .
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The same principle is true of the mind. "Scientific evidence shows that the brain and nervous system operate harmoniously in a purposeful manner, much like the components of a complex machine."(Maltz, 89) If a player's early training is deficient, the genuinely talented are most affected because they will confuse their early success as the proper course, not realizing that their true potential and development is being obscured. To quote baseball legend Satchel Paige, "It's not what we know that hurts us, it's what we think that just ain't so."
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Given the proper instruction, talent will grow toward an optimal level of excellence and continue to evolve. Unfortunately it is the well-intentioned coach/instructor, armed with generations of misinformation, who is the greatest contributor to the perpetuation of mediocrity. He will develop every contrary defect in ability, unless the player is saved by some miracle.


According to former MLB player and baseball feature writer Rob Ellis, (whose opinions are supported by Ted Williams' book The Science of Hitting), inadequate instruction even extends into the major league system, as evinced by Ellis' article: "13 Reasons Why Pro Baseball Can't Teach Hitting." This is a dilemma which threatens the potential of the most gifted players and their highest pursuits.
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Keeping this in mind, twenty years of research have gone into the development of my programs which are designed to convey the complexities of hitting with simple clarity. No matter what the age (youth or adult) - If you want to understand and enjoy hitting - with a few subtle instructional tools you can learn to hit better than you've ever hit before.
For Professional Instruction Contact:
Tony Scoglio
Instructor and Program Coordinator
Direct line: (708) 990-9000, Email: tscoglio@gmail.com
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O! say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

STAR SPANGLE BANNER POEM

STAR SPANGLE BANNER POEM
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O! say can you see by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight,
O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming?
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there;
O! say does that star-spangled banner yet wave,
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
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In indignation over the start of the Civil War, Oliver Wendell Holmes[13] added a fifth stanza to the song in 1861 which appeared in songbooks of the era.[14]
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If a foe from within strikes a blow at her glory,
Down, down with the traitor that tries to defile
The flag of the stars, and the page of her story!
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[edit] Alternative lyrics In a version hand-written by Francis Scott Key in 1840, the third line reads "Whose bright stars and broad stripes, through the clouds of the fight,".[15]