C77,
I will try to respond to your points without turning this into an argument (hopefully).
To your points about Tincher PCs, I haven't been to Chicago area guy so I can only speak to the Indy coach. I know she was told by Tincher that she had to charge the same as the other Tincher coaches. They didn't want people switching coaches based on fees.
To your numbered points:
1) I am not choosing inspiration OVER strikeouts. I am using it as a differentiator between instructors who are all teaching good technique. And I contend that it doesn't matter if an instructor teaches the best techniques if they can't communicate it or reach their student.
2) Simply saying lessons shouldn't cost more than $25 doesn't make it achievable. In a free market society, lessons will cost what the market will bear. That is always the final arbiter of value - what someone will pay. In the Indianapolis area, the vast majority of the well known pitching instructors start at $30-35 even for group lessons. I only know of one PC whom I feel is decent who charges $25 and does groups of 4 kids together, but she is the exception, not the rule.
3) I'm aware of most of the quality PCs in central Indiana. If my last diatribe doesn't convince you that I am shopping wisely, then I don't know what the hell would. (I chose not to even get into the research on computational fluid dynamics analysis of the aerodynamics of spinning softballs/baseballs)
4) I wasn't aware Moore had a book. I've been to his website before though and seemed like he was just hawking his pitching aid ("the most innovative and revolutionary pitching aid to ever hit the market"). Will look for the book - surely something valuable in there.
5) Absolutely love Sarno's stuff and would go to him for lessons if I could but alas he is in California. BTW charges $50 per half hour.
The PS - I hear lots of talk about the same finish on all pitches but in my opinion, if you look at the video it's just not the case with the best pitchers. Yukiko Ueno may be the best there is (she has owned the US Olympic team) - and her finishes are very different on different pitches. She still makes people look like fools with that killer change up even though her arm finishes 2 or 3 feet higher than on her other pitches. Also, my palm-down comments were fastball specific and I specifically excluded the rise ball from my initial discussion.
All in all, I just don't see how the Tincher PCs are particularly unique in their approach. Most of the people you point to also use a fair amount of salesmanship in their business. That's the key to me - it's a business to these people - the primary means of income for many. It's not a charity for the good of us parents. I just don't begrudge any of these people the right to use a little salesmanship when making a living. It would not be fair of me to expect them not to make the most profit that the market will bear. Just as it would not be fair of them to not expect me to evaluate their services and shop around.
Thanks for a good discussion.