GD Question(s)

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Originally Posted by GerryB

Due to knee soreness developed in the college season I have been using the summer to try the GD stance. OK, but not in love with it yet. A question and a comment:
With my feet wide, I get the good head height etc., but (not like I'm athletic anyway) don't get out of the stance and to where I'm going on a hit ball like I used to. My old box stance, as we say in football, gave me an explosive first step. The wide stance doesn't. Am I doing something wrong?

from what i've noticed, this just takes time to get used to. what i do is as soon as the ball is hit, i take a step inward towards my body with my right foot and then go from there. it shortens up how wide you are and then you just take off. im not sure what others do, and im not sure if there is a prescribed way to do this, but to me i just found that if i quickly shorten up im able to take off and get where i need to be pretty quickly.

Originally Posted by GerryB

Even with the very wide stance I am looking down on the high strike (I'm already 3' behind the catcher, I back up more I lose the plate). From the box stance my high strike was set, it feels hard now to get both high and low strikes effectively. More experience, adjustments?
Thanks.
Edit: really two questions.

its a different view than what you were getting previously, so it could just take more games of experience to get you used to it. i dont personally know anything to do on this one, but im sure theres someone who knows. ive never had that problem, but i would kind of say to try setting up a bit lower. not much lower, just see if it gets you a better view.