Originally Posted by
spar
One of the big revelations at Rip's seminar happens in the first 10 minutes, when he establishes that an effective coach is an effective communicator.
I'm not saying Starrett is a bad coach. I wouldn't know, but a lot of people whom I consider reasonable respect him, so he probably knows his stuff, and his communication style is likely more focused when he works with athletes. And I've gotten some good results from some of his mobility advice.
But I find that his communication style obfuscates rather than explains, and he gives off the impression of trying really hard to sell me something (even though I know he isn't, really). It drives me crazy. I can glean some sense from this stuff because video has visual cues, but I would hate to have to read a book by him or listen to him as an audio cast. He would benefit from a director/editor, and a lot of us out here in Internet land would benefit if he got one, too, since he probably has some good information to share.
This kind of techno-babble seems to be a characteristic of CF, though, so maybe it makes sense to those guys, and they're probably the target audience after all.