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As often happens when I post, I think what I put down is actually a good explanation of my thoughts, but it really isn't. I am an advocate of using whatever tools are available, and have used a video camera to help show my girls things they need to work on. I am sure the Right View is a great tool, and would love to have one. What I was trying to point out is that in attempting to help players, a coach or hitting instructor comes up with a drill, phraseology, that is really aimed at helping a player's with a particular problem. It gets picked up by others and pretty soon, it is thought of as great wisdom. Maybe a better example of this is the step vs. no step debate. There is nothing inherently right or wrong about either method. Either way can work. You can watch successful baseball players that have all different kinds of strides, and even some that if most of us saw our DD's doing might cause us to have a coronary on the spot. Some of those stances, strides etc are used to help a player overcome a certain problem. The same applies to softball hitting, there are phrases and teaching techniques that should only be used in situations where it is appropriate, but unfortunately have been applied across the board.