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One of my favorite questions to ask a kid is, "How many at bats did you take today?"

Ask your son, they get very confused. 3? 4?

The Answer should be 21+. 
Very few players take advantage of the dugout to prepare for their at bat. How pitchers pitch to your teammates will tell you slot about how they will pitch to you. If every pitch is aimed outside the crowd the plate and not even worry about the inside. 

If you try to hit everything you will be able to hit nothing. 
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Battle the Ball. 
Jason Ryals and Todd Meeks

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The power of eye.

We have talked before about how seeing has a huge effect on our production on the field. 
But most are looking but not seeing. 

It is becoming common for our players after an at bat to site and with your eyes closed. The visualize the whole at bat. 

When the distractions are taken away, they can now see the ball vs look at it. This allows the to find the holes in their choices by feeling the at bat vs experiencing it.
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Battle the Ball
Jason Ryals and Todd Meeks

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Wrong Thought pattern - swing down on the ball, hand inside the ball, let the ball travel, be on time, separate, --- get hit. List is endless. 

Right Thought Pattern - hit the ball so hard the defender runs. If fail work your way back wards. 

Don't forget to have the right goal. Having your hands perfect of hitting the ball hard. 
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Battle the Ball
Jason Ryals and Todd Meeks

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“Mindset” is a new word that I am beginning to fall in love with. It explains a lot and answers everything. As a player do you have a growth mindset, fixed mindset, or a failure mindset? All 3 have very different results but your mindset determine the result you are trying to achieve. 
When you hit, do you have an offensive mindset or a defensive mindset. Infielders do you have a mindset of a goaltender or something else. Base runners, tiger pounce mindset or hot coals mindset. 

The list is endless but it describes your intentions on and off the field as well as helps guide them. It also the reason for your results.

What’s your mindset?

​Know the Why
Jason Ryals and Todd Meeks

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I get asked a lot. Why do you read so much? Because I love to be proven wrong. 

Not the answer you expected. I never said we had all the answers, are always right. We just search for the best one we can find. 

Recently a coach that I highly respect for infield play made the comment, "your warming up your infielders wrong. "

Really? Do tell. 

How often does an infielder throw the ball back in the direction it came from.................thinking........... "never". So why do you have them warm up doing it. "Because everyone else does."

So now we have our infielder warm up in fours not twos and in a diamond pattern and throw in a clockwise pattern. A throw they do all the time. 
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Know the Why.
Jason Ryals  Todd Meeks

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Recently I bought my son this toy in a Museum gift shop hoping it would help with his catching a baseball. He's 3. 

After about 5 minutes of watching him play with it, ideas started flowing with possibilities. 
Catchers receiving, framing, blocking. 

Pitchers PFP's
Infielder hops, backhands
First baseman hops
And the list goes on. 

Always keep an open mind to things around you. Tools that's don't have baseball on it or cost a ridiculous amount of money usual are just if not more effective at development.
This toy cost $5 dollars and should be in every ball bag. 
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Know the Why

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What's the difference between a pitching machine and a live pitcher?

What's the difference between a fungo hit ball and a batter hit ball? 

Nothing.

Because the coach, machine, or opponent is not the one who beats you. The ball does.

The distractions you place on yourself based on who or what delivers the ball just makes it easier for the "BALL" to beat you. 
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Battle the Ball.