Cannonball
Ex "Expert"
- Feb 25, 2009
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And yet so many of us who have had success have used the Hanson Principle. Really? It isn't "a swing." The Hanson Principle founder, Mark Hanson, even stated that there were limits to his philosophy because not all people are capable of breaking down a swing. In fact, he once mentioned that not one video suit his principle and would require a study of "the bests. swings."The Hansen principle doesn’t mean crap, Anyone can find a “swing” and claim it’s correct or what they teach and how hitting works. You have to know what your looking at.
Here is something I posted a very long time ago on another website:
"The Hanson Principle has been a very good tool for coaches and dads to use for some time. It is the difference between seeing an event be it hitting or pitching in real time and thinking that you know what happened versus filming it and then having the ability to compare what you filmed with what the best who play the game looks like. Yes, there are still limitations. One of my constant arguments is that we can't "feel" what others feel. Genetics has a big role in all of this. The reality is that while so many philosophies claim to use the Hanson Principle, they still different in belief systems. As Nyman once said, "We are only capable of seeing what we are capable of seeing." Some have gone further and tried to break down that film and subsequent advice to players/dads via science. This is a type of "under the hood" evaluation. We all know that there are some who have had a mea culpa moment where they have used video (Hanson Principle) to promote one guru/philosophy, changed to another philosophy, and then, even changed again but still use the same video to argue for and then against these same philosophies."