You bust your tail in the gym to build strength & range of motion.
You take hack after hack in the cage to refine the swing & build bat speed.
Then once
So much of how we perform on the field is dictated by the energy we bring.
For the average player, the energy is dictated by how they may be feeling today
To think too much is a disease.
What does my coach think of me?Who's in the stands?Am I in the starting line-up?How should my stance feel or look?What happens if I
I get questions from young ballplayers in my Instagram DM almost on a weekly basis that have the following theme:
"I'm getting overlooked. I'm sitting the bench but I should be
As ballplayers, much of our progress and development will occur underneath the surface. It's the routines and commitment to an approach that will get us through the failures, and setbacks
Own the at-bat.
The numbers don’t lie.
Statistically, the deeper in the count you go, the tougher it is to win the at-bat, especially against elite pitching.
This doesn’t mean you become afraid
A $300 bat doesn’t fix a $2 approach & mentality.You can have elite level-bat speed.
You can take a million swings in the cage.
You can show up early to batting practice
Below is a list of youth baseball hitting tips that work. I tend to return to this page to add additional ideas & thoughts about peak performance on the ball
If hitting is about being on time, pitching is about upsetting that timing.
As hitters, we’re only as good as the pitches we swing at, so our main job is to
For a lot of young ballplayers, they will fall short of their abilities & potential because they hold the assumption that their talent is what’s keeping them from getting to