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These aren't people who would take your money and "dick around" for an hour. The hitting coach was good to the point to where he could notice what you were doing wrong right away, calmly get you to fix it, and all of a sudden you can hit the ball again. He is really really good. They are way more knowledgeable than your local high school coach.

At an elite level academy, I can see it, but there are a ton of these guys running around the southeast changing up the mechanics of hitters and pitchers left and right and high school coaches are left to deal with the aftermath. I would have no qualms about a coach who instituted a rule about no outside instruction for his program to be honest. It's not worth the headache IMO.

If you want to practice on your own, be my guest. If you want to have your hitting coach consult with your high school coach, I can live with it. But the rest of that outside stuff rubs me the wrong way.

I probably sound like I'm some high school coach myself but I'm just relaying the experiences I had in high school and with guys I played with on travel teams and what not.

On another anecdotal tangent, I find the more people discuss their kid's hitting coach or pitching coach, the more likely their kid is to suck compared to his peers, or at the very least be a headcase to deal with when you include the parents.

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Posted by PortCityTiger24

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Posted on 6/1/16 at 12:26 pm to slackster

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At an elite level academy, I can see it, but there are a ton of these guys running around the southeast changing up the mechanics of hitters and pitchers left and right and high school coaches are left to deal with the aftermath.

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Posted by PrimeTime Money

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Posted on 6/1/16 at 12:31 pm to slackster

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At an elite level academy, I can see it, but there are a ton of these guys running around the southeast changing up the mechanics of hitters and pitchers left and right and high school coaches are left to deal with the aftermath. I would have no qualms about a coach who instituted a rule about no outside instruction for his program to be honest. It's not worth the headache IMO. If you want to practice on your own, be my guest. If you want to have your hitting coach consult with your high school coach, I can live with it. But the rest of that outside stuff rubs me the wrong way. I probably sound like I'm some high school coach myself but I'm just relaying the experiences I had in high school and with guys I played with on travel teams and what not. On another anecdotal tangent, I find the more people discuss their kid's hitting coach or pitching coach, the more likely their kid is to suck compared to his peers, or at the very least be a headcase to deal with when you include the parents.

I mean, it's an "elite" academy in the sense that you are getting top-notch instruction and even MLB players go there during the summer to get instruction from the hitting coach. Many college players, minor league players, etc. go there.

But anybody can get lessons there. You don't have to be an elite player.

Another benefit is that they know a ton of coaches around the country. So if you are looking to play in college, he can find coaches who need players.

But anyway, I can understand a high school coach getting mad if a high school coach is giving good instruction and the private hitting coach is giving bad advice. But it is really just a case-by-case basis.

In my case, the hitting coach at the baseball academy is one of the best around, and the high school coach was an idiot.

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