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I read about and found a good description on the Gerry Davis stance. I work from the knee and it leaves my lower back sore afterwards and the next day so I thought I'd give it a try because it is supposed to be easy on the knees and back.
It is a much different view (I actually thought about abandoning it after the first inning because I didn't feel comfortable with what I was seeing - I did start getting comfortable about the 3rd inning) and it was easy on the lower back and knees, but put a bit more stress on the shoulders. When working solo, it was much easier getting around. The view of the plate when all was right (see below about catchers) was good particularly for low and outside pitches and made close high pitches much easier to judge.
Someone did comment that it is a system that assumes good catchers and pitchers. I will agree with that. I felt like a sitting duck. Took numerous balls off various parts of my equipment and ducked a few at my head. Fortunatley all the hits were off equipment and not body parts.
Also with inexperienced catchers, they set up so high or reached so far forward with their mit up that it blocked my view of the plate some of the time. One other problem I had was that I found that the lower bar of my mask blocked the view of the ball at some point because the set position is high with the head level. When I had myself set up what I felt was good, the lower bar was just in front of the plate. I made some adjustments so it was not in my view at that point, but the ball still passed through the bar at some point on the way in. A bit of a distraction in tracking the ball.
Anyone else try it? Any recommendations? How did you adjust to keep from having the young catchers block your view of the plate?
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