Know Your Zone
How many of you know a player who in their heart and mind believes that they have never been thrown a called strike that was really a strike?
How many of you know a player who in their heart and mind believes that they have never been thrown a called strike that was really a strike?
The same is true whether you talk hitting, or a big ball of string. No, really!
Hunters and hitters both need one very specific skill if they want to have any success.
Aggression is good at the plate — as long as you have control to go along with it.
Too many hitters think that guessing or anticipating is the key to being a good hitter.
All this talk about vaccines made me think about something that applies directly to hitting.
One of the most amazing things I have experienced as a coach and even more now as an instructor are the parents or players who think that bad habits or bad techniques are easy to fix.
One thing I can say for sure is that some things that would appear to be obvious in the softball world must not really be all that obvious!
Many hitters fail to understand that, no matter how good their mechanics are, their mental approach will also play a huge role in their success, or lack of success.
I’m not a big fan of pitching machines for batting practice, but I do love me some front toss.