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Originally Posted by tcarilli
How does one get in plate stance with his legs together. I have a mental picture of the stance looking a lot like that of a little boy has to pee.
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It looks no different from Tiger Woods reading a green. It has tremendous advantages over two other cumbersome positions found in baseball. It provides one with the comfort and balance of the Gerry Davis stance, an enormous amount of protection, a very good look at the strike zone, the ability to find the right place in a "crowded" slot, and the mobility of racing out of the blocks.
How can it help you? First, try the scissors to get a good idea about the proper height of the strike zone. Then bring the back leg underneath to discover the benefits I disclosed above. Of course, it would be easier going straight into it, a "half-kneeling" position. It may look funny to some people at first because those nuts are no longer exposed to any danger. But when they discover how powerful the legs feel after a nights work or how well they recover the next day, it makes it personal. I have to wonder why umps would shy away from it?
The look of the stance may be very revealing. I'll say the same things about that wide squat position {standard #2} which never helped my knees, or leaning over the urinal with my legs spread 3 feet apart {scissors #1} which never helped my lower back/neck. The good news is that you can look into it at home and decide for yourself how it looks compared to those other two I descibe above. If you use it and don't get immediate results, you can always go back to what pleases you, showing your nuts back there.