Don't step closed

Most amateur players step closed, try stepping even or open, just keep your front shoulder on the ball. You need to use your hips to maximize the turn of the barrel. The picture above is from the Allstar game and even though the ball is away, Springer rotates his belt buckle to the pitcher at contact which maximizes the use of the lower half to generate speed into the barrel. One exercise to use is the step over stretch, where you lift your leg as you walk, over an imaginary rope around your waist. Do this forward, backward and side ways to help build flexibility in hips. The less flexible you are the more you should step open during your load. If you are going to step closed you need to stand off the plate so that there is no strike that is actually in but with high school and college strike zones I don't recommend this because the ball of the plate away is consistently called a strike. Focus on striding straight forward or even open while keeping your front shoulder on the ball as long as you can. Striding closed is #1 thing I consistently see in amateur swings that is hurting the development of the swing but with focus can be relatively easy to fix. 

Baseball is 99% mental

Confidence is #1

Game of failure, mentally have to deal with the inevitable failure. Don’t ignore it, figure out how you are going to deal with it. Your ego needs to accept it, its part of the game.

Consistency is #2

If you do your work consistently your body learns how to repeat the action

Your stats only matter at the end of the year, 

Learn how to compete on that pitch WIN, “What’s important now”

Be the dominant person in the relationship/matchup by how you act. When you succeed act like it was inevitable, when you fail act like you did it on purpose.

Play Screw it baseball, allows you to play without fear of failure. “Getting the outcome you want increases when you let go of the need to have it.”

Baseball is 99% mental, can you stay confident through failure. You can act like you hit a homer your last ab every time you go up to hit. “Act like the player you want to become until you become the player you act like.”

Have to control your thoughts to be good at baseball

Have to play baseball with an internal quiet edge that allows you to compete against another guy with a reason. Ask yourself, “why do you play baseball, what are you trying to do in the game?”