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Old Sat Oct 22, 2005, 09:42am
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The Childress article notes that it is possible to use the Gerry Davis system with either the balanced or heel/toe stance, with a recommendation to use balanced.

I am a LL umpire, and in a recent fall game, I decided to try out the system, but did so with my usual heel/toe stance. I liked what I saw quite a bit. Keeping the same stance may make for a more natural progression for me.

Has anyone tried both the balanced and heel/toe stances with the system, and, if so, can you offer pros and cons?

Also, as Bob Jenkins notes above, I decided to try this in a fall game where the outcome mattered little. I did not get hit with any foul balls or miscaught pitches, but I found that I got a greater general awareness as to how shaky LL catchers are, in terms of catching mechanics. This forced me to really, really lock into the stance, so as to not get fidgety about balls coming through.
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