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Originally Posted by Coach
Sometimes, it may be a hitting coach, but I'm thinking it's more of an organizational problem, and player problem as well.
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I almost agree. I mentioned during the GDT I asked if (Dave) David works with them much. It goes much more than mechanics too. Coaches have to break out the pitching charts of opposing pitchers, how they like to work the count, so that the batter can possibly know what pitch to look for. All the little things you pick up with a pitcher, any give away signs, anything to get an edge.
As a baseball coach, I always taught batters to look 1st for the best pick up point of the ball from a pitcher.In Little League you can always pick up the ball easily because lack of speed. As the teams I coached got older, I started getting my guys to visualized the ball in the glove during windup, then follow the hand from the glove to the release. One should always pick it up when released and realize immediately, trajectory of the release (off speed) speed of the pitch, all the while keeping eyes glued to the ball, stride into the pitch leaving a level swinging stroke with the bat head as you swing the handle ( not the barrel )at the ball you are looking at.
Hitting the ball is not rocket science!