[David B]

I agree with Carl and I see Tim echoed that very well.

I switched to the Gerry Davis stance three years ago after 20 years on the knee and I absolutely love it.

I like to stay in the slot a little so I think its called the balanced stance but you work in the slot.

I saw a couple of the ML umpires using the stance, it looked comfortable and they had very good strike zones in the games I watched.

I found the info Carl suggested and it has worked very well for me.

Its funny because I'm so far back from the F2 that sometimes I hear the fans on the close pitch they want called their way echo "if you'd get up to the plate you could see it better"

Of course I usually just move back another step and then I can see fine.

So that is my tried and true confession in favor of that philosophy.

And as you note in the stance, the head stays high above that of F2. I've seen some guys in trying the stance move their head too low and it can cause some inconsistency.

thanks
David

[Edited by David B on Mar 29th, 2004 at 12:57 PM]