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April 01, 2005
H-M Update.....
Not sure if anyone is reading the "stuff" I post here but I hope you are....
Anyways a couple of updates.
SETPRO Instructor's Swing Training Program.
I am happy to say (also sad in some respects) that there was more interest than I thought in the SETPRO instructor swing training program, and there are no more available (assuming everyone who has e-mailed me follows up).
If you are still interested, e-mail swinginstructor@setpro.com and I will put you on a list (first-come first-served) just in case someone who has previously committed fails to follow-up on that commitment. I should know within the next week or so if there are any available due to lack of follow-up by those with previously committed/said they were interested.
On the subject of the CD, they will ship Monday and Tuesday of next week to those who have sent their checks in. As I said three CDs are now one (again marketing as in three sounds better than one, succumbs to practicality, information is now much easier to access because it's on a single CD).
I will also e-mail those who are receiving CD's with specific information on obtaining your CD authorization code. Because this is such a limited edition and for security reasons the CD will be "locked" to a specific computer. Those who have purchased the CD will receive information as to how to obtain the "unlock code" prior to your receiving the CD so that you may immediately use the CD upon its receipt without having to e-mail and wait for your hardware authorization code.
What happened to the H-M forums?
Basically didn't see the interest in the H-M forums that I saw early on (too much of what was going on depended on my initiating activity) so is easier for me to go to this format. And with everything that's going on with product development, joint ventures, CD's etc. my time demands right now are at a premium. And the moderators have other boards/web sites they are supporting, which I encourage, but that's also a "2-edged sword" in that it places more burden on me to initiate topics of discussion, responses etc.. It's can also extremely difficult for others to contribute to web site such as this one (specific swing training and development information) especially with someone as picky as myself as to what information is "postable". I've been at this long enough to see this coming and hence the reason for my setting up the main page here as a "BLOG". I did this when I reopened the H-M forum early last month. As time permits I will post what I consider the most informative posts from the H-M forums archives here with additional commentary.
Epstein, Mankin, Nyman To Form UNIFIED HITTING MECHANICS COMMITTEE.
I'm also very happy to announce that Mike Epstein, Jack Mankin and myself have agreed to the formation of a "UNIFIED HITTING MECHANICS COMMITTEE". This committee will establish guidelines for swing and hitting mechanics instruction and research.
According to Mike Epstein and I quote:
"It's about time we all put our egos and salesmanship aside and do something that has needed to be done for years and that's to do what's best for parents, coaches and the players. Even though I'm the only one amongst us who has been on the "firing line", the only one to have the playing experience of nine-year Major League slugger, the only one to have long-standing relationship with my mentor, Ted Williams, this, along with my years of study and research, my conversations with some of the best hitting minds in the game, and my over twenty years instructing players to help them hit their potentials. As well as my, my unique, unrivaled teaching system, any hitter can learn the time-tested rotational mechanics of Ted and the game’s most productive hitters from me and my certified staff in an unequalled seven days! In spite of all this I think it's a real privilege that I can participate with Paul and Jack, who, even though they never really were baseball players, should be able to contribute something to this committee."
Jack Mankin had this to say:
"I was the first person ever to discover rotational mechanics, with my university endorsed study which covered nine years and literally thousands of hours. The first two years I spent charting the swings of 185 professional players. I would video tape games shown on television and replay the swings back in frame by frame action. By placing a piece of clear plastic over the screen I was able to trace the movement of each part of the body and the bats reaction for each video frame of the swing. From the time the swing was initiated to contact required from 4 to 6 frames depending on the mechanics of the batter. And even though I never swung a bat other than to demonstrate my now famous "hands to the ball linear technique" that all hitters have been so wrongly taught all these years, and I even still have the letter from Harvey and his physics department at a leading university sent me which totally validates my research and findings. And I'm sure that all my scientific achievements were shining examples and responsible for Mike and Paul choosing to follow the example I set and the efforts of my University acknowledged scientific hitting research in the formation of this scientificly scientific committee.
Paul Nyman said:
It really is a humbling experience to be in the presence of two of the greatest when it comes to understanding how the body swings the bat. It is so humbling and I feel so blessed that Mike and Jack, two such great rotational swing mechanics pioneers allow me to be associated with them and their efforts. I just hope I can contribute a fraction of what these great men have achieved in their pursuit of Truth, Justice and the American way with respect to the swinging of a bat. As I said I'm so humbled,....., I, I, just am so humbled,... and blessed to be chosen and I will do everything I can even though I possess nowhere near the experience and knowledge of hitting that Mike possesses or the scientific method and rigor that Jack has applied to his university endorsed research. I am so happy and so humbled and so blessed they have included me on this committee. (April fools)
Posted by PaulNyman at April 1, 2005 05:49 AM