Just finished working with this stud player.
His dad told me:
"He's reaching for the outside pitch."
And honestly, I could see it too.
The farther away the pitch was, the more he felt like he had to go get it.
So here's what we did.
I had him choke up about 6 inches.
Then I started flipping him baseballs middle-in.
I wanted him driving line drives back through the middle and into the left-center gap.
Not pulling.
Not hooking.
Just staying through the baseball.
Then we moved to middle.
Same goal.
Line drives through the middle.
Then we moved to away.
Still choked up.
Still staying through the baseball.
Still focused on letting the ball travel.
Something interesting happened.
The more reps he got...
The more comfortable he became letting the baseball get deeper.
The outside pitch stopped feeling so far away.
Then I told him:
"Okay. Now swing normally."
No choke up.
Same thoughts.
Same targets.
And almost immediately he started covering the outside part of the plate better.
Then we took it into BP.
And he started consistently driving baseballs into the opposite-field gap.
So try this tonight:
10 front toss swings choked up 6 inches Middle-in.
Drive the ball through the middle and into the left-center gap.
10 front toss swings choked up 6 inches Middle.
Line drives through center field.
10 front toss swings choked up 6 inches Away.
Let the ball travel and drive it into the opposite-field gap.
Then grab your normal bat.
10 swings
Same thoughts.
Same targets.
One thing I've learned in baseball:
The more comfortable a hitter becomes letting the baseball travel...
The more they stack the odds in their favor of gettng consistent hits.
Thank you for reading,
Jermaine Curtis
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