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Originally Posted by Mountaineer
The thing about GD in LL is that it puts your head height exacly where they want it - your chin at the top of the catcher's helmet. If I'm having back issues, I will sometimes go to it because it does eliminate lower back stress. I stay more in the slot than the GD stance wants though.
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At our High school Camp this year one of the clinicians explained why we don't use the GD or scissor stance in softball. In baseball the batters box is a foot deeper. The catchers set up deeper in baseball than they do softball. Therefore, the umpire is farther back in baseball and can see the corners of the plate using the GD or scissor stance. Using it in softball makes it harder to see the corners because the catcher is closer to the plate. He demonstrated it. It was very convincing.
Can you see the corners when you use the GD stance?