subject: Learn Your Own Batting Swing [print this page] If a player is fortunate to play baseball long enough, there will come a point in his career where he is going to be all alone. No one will be watching him, and it will be on him to correct himself to perform. That day came when I was Freshman in college. About half way through my freshman year, I struggled as hard as anyone has ever struggled! I finished the last part of the season 5 for 45 , which is also known as a baseball batting average of .111. If anyone was wondering, those numbers are not going to get you into the Hall of Fame! The worst part about it, is it didn't stop there. My struggles continued through summer all the way through the majority of my sophomore year.
In hindsight, all of my struggles rested directly on my ignorance as a baseball player when I was younger. During my baseball batting training sessions, I didn't pay enough attention to what I was being taught. Whenever something went wrong, my baseball coaches corrected it and I went on performing as usual. Well when I got to college, this wasn't the case! They expected me to perform without much instruction and it was on me if I didn't! Well for a good part of my career, I didn't!
In college, at least in my experience, they didn't care too much about correction or development. It was about getting stronger and performance. I effectively did one of the two! As a result, I had to go back and revisit every piece of baseball batting training info I had ever learned.
Given that I had been through dozens of camps and dozens of baseball coaches, it took awhile to figure out which information helped me perform the most consistently. Even though it took me awhile, I did figure it out! I spent the next two seasons as a Two-Time Captain batting over .300.
Just so we are clear, become your own baseball batting coach! Do not rely on other people for what you can do yourself. That is not to say that you shouldn't have an extra pair of eyes on you at all times, but there may come a time where you are all along and it will be on you.
So If there is any words of wisdom here today, pay attention to what you are being taught, because there will be a time when you are left on your own, and you don't want to wait till then to figure out how to hit!
