Please share your thoughts with me.
One thing that is obvious to me is that several of our players are not watching the ball all the way through. Watch carefully for yourself. Some players are missing the ball by 4 to 5 inches. It's a swing in the direction of the ball, not a focused swing at the ball. Watching the ball all the way is important.
A good example is follow through with a cast net. If you don't follow through all the way through behind your back, you get a lot of half open flops of the net, but the moment you start following through...all the way around, the net magically starts opening up all the way. When you start watching the ball until you hear the bat or leather pop you will start getting much closer with your bat. It's micro seconds that make a huge difference.
Some of our players are making good contact almost every time they come to the plate, but they seem to lack the ability to direct the ball to a place that will be effective. It's a small mental effort too change that. You have to think about where you want the ball to go, not just hit it. Concentrate on where you want it to go, your muscles will adjust.
Our coaches should teach these things, and we need to get to it immediately, or we can find ourselves with only 2-3 hits per game being the norm.
Once you learn to watch the ball, it's like swimming or riding a bike. You never forget, but you have to learn.
IT NEEDS TO CHANGE!!! IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
GO EAGLES !!!
One thing that is obvious to me is that several of our players are not watching the ball all the way through. Watch carefully for yourself. Some players are missing the ball by 4 to 5 inches. It's a swing in the direction of the ball, not a focused swing at the ball. Watching the ball all the way is important.
A good example is follow through with a cast net. If you don't follow through all the way through behind your back, you get a lot of half open flops of the net, but the moment you start following through...all the way around, the net magically starts opening up all the way. When you start watching the ball until you hear the bat or leather pop you will start getting much closer with your bat. It's micro seconds that make a huge difference.
Some of our players are making good contact almost every time they come to the plate, but they seem to lack the ability to direct the ball to a place that will be effective. It's a small mental effort too change that. You have to think about where you want the ball to go, not just hit it. Concentrate on where you want it to go, your muscles will adjust.
Our coaches should teach these things, and we need to get to it immediately, or we can find ourselves with only 2-3 hits per game being the norm.
Once you learn to watch the ball, it's like swimming or riding a bike. You never forget, but you have to learn.
IT NEEDS TO CHANGE!!! IT'S THE LITTLE THINGS THAT MAKE THE DIFFERENCE.
GO EAGLES !!!
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