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Old Thu Jun 22, 2006, 11:52pm
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Originally Posted by pdxblue
I am not a fan of the GD stance at all. All the guys that I see trying it are terribly inconsistent on their low strike, and tend to not give the high strike too often.

I use a modified GD stance. I am MUCH closer to the catcher, and do not work that high (which is dangerous! you are more apt to get hit by foul tips working that high....yes, I have tried the GD, and didn't like being that much of a target). I get my chin to the top of the catchers helmet (roughly).

Working three feet behind the catcher just doesn't work. Again, everybody I see calling from that far back usually has a major inconsistency in their strike zone, and it REALLY calls attention to itself! I hear coaches complain all the time about the local guys that use the GD, about how they are "too far back to call the low pitch right" is what I hear most often.

Oh well, those that use the GD are convinced that they are doing everything good. Whatever gets them through a game I guess.
If you are inconsistent in GD, you are gonna be inconsistent w/ the box or scissors. The dead-rock-solid lock-in gives you the OPPORTUNITY for an absolutely consistent "look" at every pitch. If you can't call the up/down consistently in GD, the problem is YOU, not your stance.

Oh, yeah: NOBODY doing GD has EVER been hit by a "foul tip" nor in any other stance, for that matter. Foul balls, maybe .... but I've been doing Davis for 2 years now, including time behind some pretty lame catchers, and the only times I've been drilled were pitches that'd hit me no matter what stance I was in ... only difference w/ the stance is WHERE they hit me. Most of what I've been hit by gets the middle plate of my hardshell CP: where it not for the loud THWOCK!!! I'd not know anything had happened.
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The GD stance is also totally discouraged in the NCAA umpiring standards.

http://www1.ncaa.org/membership/cham...PreviewState=0
How do you get this perception from the document. GD is best for absolutely locking in on a pitch, the first item listed on the document.
Well, in fairness to pdx: the last bullet point [does not set up too high or deep] COULD be a shot at GD, although GD seems to hit for every other one of the bullets in the evaluation standard.

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