More Hitting Tips

Whether you’re playing in gym, for recreation, or competition, getting up at bat can be kind of intimidating, I fell apart in the summer because I was intimidated and afraid of looking dumb (and I did for a month), but if you’re in a slump or just afraid of not doing well here are my tips. One, chillax do whatever you need to, my suggestions are listen to music, laugh, pray, anything that helps you. Second, be a smart hitter. Before your at bat watch the pitcher, look at his release point, where he throws the ball, how fast his windup is, get an estimate of the pitch speed, and take a note of what pitches he throws. For example last night I was looking at the pitcher and here’s what I got: long windup, throws fastballs low, medium speed, slight windmill/over the top motion. Third when down in the count foul off as many pitches as you can (that’s pretty self explanatory). And fourth take what you get, if you walk be happy, if you ground out say “Well I hit the ball” and make an adjustment, hitting a baseball is hard, I find it extremely difficult at times but the most important thing is to take what you get, look at the good points of each at bat and make the adjustments you need to for your next at bat. Well I hope this helps, but remember no matter how well you do, whether it’s baseball or any other hobby/sport it’s just a game and our real concern isn’t on how we do on the field but how we live our lives for God.