Train to make your muscles quicker and more explosive

Everything in baseball is relaxed to quick so you should train that way in the weight room. Slow down, quick and explosive up. The same change that needs to happen in baseball. You can train your fast twitch muscles. The change in tempo from slow to quick is the most important action in baseball. You should do everything you can in the weight room to train those patterns.

Swing at strikes and take balls

Its sounds extremely simple but its the hardest thing to do in baseball. You have to deal with the pitcher executing and trying to make strikes initially look like balls and  balls that at first look like strikes. You have to figure out the umpire's strike zone and how he decides on balls and strikes. The home plate is just for show but the umps home plate needs to be figured out and approach adjusted according to that particular umps strike zone. Each one is different but I know for sure the if the ball bounces the ump calls it a ball. Try to take all of those and be upset when you don't. IF YOU TAKE THE PITCHES THAT BOUNCE BEFORE THE CATCHER and swing at everything else over the plate that you can hit the barrel you make the pitchers job difficult which is the goal with hitting.

You have to play with an edge in baseball

Baseball is an individual sport in a team setting and the matchup between the hitter and the pitcher is the game. It takes balls to win in this matchup cause you know the guy on the other side wants to ruin your day just like you want to ruin his but the key is to establish your dominance. When one Buck walks up to a doe to mate and another Buck shows up 95% of the time one Buck walks away cause he knows it would be bad for his health to stay. Every once in a while you have Sale v Altuve and its a showdown. The pitcher or the hitter knows he is in trouble even though nothing is said. Have dominant body language on the field at all times.

Failure is Inevitable.

Learn how to deal with and accept that you will fail more than you succeed. The great ones realize this and plan on how they will react when they inevitably fail. When you fail act like you did it on purpose. It's not your helmets fault and its a joke when players act like babies when they fail. If you are able to improve your ability to deal with failure and learn from your mistakes you will evolve into a drastically better baseball player because baseball is 99% mental.

Learn to compete

Baseball is a weird game in terms of the matchup between the hitter and the pitcher, the score is irrelevant. However, many players determine their focus by the score. That's ridiculous, they all count the same. If you hit a homer down 10-0, good for you. You should be happy about the fact that you won that ab, even though your team is getting smoked. Baseball is an individual sport in a team setting. Take care of your ab. Be selfish, they all count the same.

You're not tired

You're not tired in baseball unless you are pitching or catching. Tired is a mental excuse to justify failure. You have to focus for less than a second at a time from the moment the pitcher throws the ball until the hitter hits it or the catcher catches it. Playing in the present is the hardest thing to do in baseball but it is vital to getting a good jump, seeing the ball well and executing. You need to stay relaxed during that time the ball is in the air so your actions can be quick and explosive when its time to go. Everything in baseball is relaxed/slow to quick. If you 1. develop the quick twitch muscles in your body 2.learn how to relax 3.learn how to deal with failure 4. consistently work on your game you will be great.

Hunting Pitcher Mistakes above the knees

You're gunna chase pitches, its inevitable and part of the game. A cookie is a mistake the pitcher makes from middle away to middle in above the knees. You should limit your takes on these type of pitches. Your numbers are a direct reflection on how you do on these pitches. Be on time for these good pitches to hit. Obviously the cookie total is random each ab but be ready to hit these pitches because your barrel can do a ton of damage in these spots if you are accurate. You are more likely to get a cookie in plus counts but remember that 0-1, 1-2, the pitcher tries to "make it nasty" which sometimes makes them muscle up and throw cookies. I hate the word approach cause its too vague. Just pretend the count is 1-1 each time and if they throw it over that white house shaped thing above the knees swing and try to ruin the pitchers day if not just don't swing and wait for the next pitch, Easy game.

Be Consistent

 Consistently, do the work. Most just want to get rich by winning the lottery cause its easy. Decide what you are going to do and do the work to make it a reality. Don't say it, Prove it. Victory happens when 10,000 hours of training meet one moment of opportunity. "The fight is won or lost out there on the road and in the gym long before I dance under those lights"--- Mohammed Ali. Baseball comes down to one simple fact, whether you want to admit it or not, if you are good/bad its your fault, most just want to be good, but it takes consistent work to maximize your potential. Don't let anyone ever tell you you can't do something, if you want something go get it period.