Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Swinging until you aren’t.

Treat each pitch like someone is throwing you bp, swinging until you aren’t. You know the pitch is a good pitch to hit until your eyes tell you to shut the swing down. You are making the decision to take not swing. If you don't see the ball well and you don't have two strikes its a take every time.

The score is irrelevant

The ebbs and flows of a baseball game are all artificial. When you are winning you think you will win and same with losing. There is one time the score matters at the end, that's it....period. But the hitter gets 3 strikes and the pitcher gets 4 balls, a hit's a hit and an out's an out and every 3 outs you switch.

GOOD V GREAT

For position players, one more hit a week changes your batting average from 300 to 350 in a major league type schedule. In college or high school it changes your average more then 50 points. Remember that, bunt for a hit, run hard to beat out an infield hit, appreciate the bloopers, they all count the same. A hit's a hit.

Monday, May 28, 2018

Win that Pitch

 They all count the same. The homer you gave up in the 8th of a 11-1 game counts the same as the walkoff homer you give up and the same thing for the positive stats. A hits a hit, an outs an out. Do not let the score determine your focus on that pitch.

Monday, May 14, 2018

Play in the Present

What's important now? WIN. The hardest thing to do in baseball is play in the present the whole game. Its actually impossible but the best players just play the most pitches in the present. You can only control what you can control but many let things they can never control like the umpire take them away from their thoughts on executing on the next pitch. You either win or lose that pitch. Add them up at the end of the game and if you have a winning record you helped your team win. Many get lost in the score in the 4th inning but the only score that matters is the one at the end of the game. Attack the next pitch with confidence and presence because that is all you can control. When you fail act like you did it on purpose and when you succeed act like it was inevitable. You get a Win or a Loss on every pitch. On defense you have to prepare for the pitch like its one of the 5/6 pitches that decides the outcome. The video is from spring training, they lock it in and take care of this pitch over and over again until the game ends.