Plate Problems...

[TussAgee11]

Originally Posted by RPatrino

The GD system does not advocate a heel/toe relationship nor the wrapping of an arm in front of your stomach.

I would agree that the wrapping of the arm is something that I do differently with my stance. A clinician taught us this way, and in order to please him and hope to move up in the association, I adopted it.

However, Carl Childress points out under the title Balanced or Heal-Toe"The beauty of the System is that the experienced slot umpire can use either stance."

And I would also agree with your theory on being exposed more using GD. Experimented today back to hands on both knees, and took a nice shiner to the left forearm to a right handed batter. Came home and assumed the stance in a mirror, elbow was tucked in nicely. Happens I guess.