Gerry Davis Mechanics

[Justme]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Maybe you should try reading... how about out of your peripheral vision?

My peripheral vision is great but it sounds like you might need to have yours checked if you're saying that you lose the ball that goes across the plate. Wait, don't get mad....

Originally Posted by Dakota

An umpire (IMO) who claims he can use the GD stance with a batter at the front of the box, and hence the catcher moving up to right behind the plate, and still see the entire plate, the ball crossing the plate (esp low) and the ball enter the catcher's glove without moving his head is, let's just say, not very self-aware.

I guess that this statement is coming from an expert in the GD Stance? It's working great for me. Not a single strike zone complaint in my short softball career. Maybe softball coaches are just easy going. When F2 moves forward I move forward. I have always liked it when F2 setups close to the plate.

Originally Posted by Dakota

Either that, or he doesn't care about calls at the plate beyond ball and strike (such as D3K). After all, the the batter swings (up in the box, before the ball crosses the plate) and the ball dives into the dirt, how do you know if the catcher caught or trapped the ball?

I watch the ball, even after the batter swings, especially when she is in the front part of the box. I can see if F2 catches the ball or not, maybe it's Justme

Originally Posted by Dakota

Or maybe you are calling the zone next to the batter instead of over the plate.

I was told that I can't do that in softball, fun to do in baseball though

Originally Posted by Dakota

I don't care what stance you use; as I said, I was pointing out that the "camera" analogy was bogus. It is more important to keep the object you are trying to track in your field of view than it is to worry about slight head movement.

Slight head movement????? As in turning it to one side or going from straight ahead to looking down?

After the pitch reaches the catcher's mitt then I move. I'm up and indicating strike (assuming for the sake of this post that it's a strike). If the ball was trapped I see it. A really good sign is that F2's mitt is turned down and I see that when the ball arrives.

Maybe I just haven't yet had right situation to change my beliefs. Until then I refuse to go over to the dark side