Coach AD

Heres a great one for the youth players getting warmed up to throw. This is little snippet of what’s to come soon.. 🚀

You're 250 years old? That's cute, mighty England will be 1,099 years old on the 12th July 🥴

One of the biggest mistakes I made as a player... ...was hitting off a tee. Not because tee work is bad. Because I was using it wrong. I'd walk up to the tee... Take my swing. Adjust my mechanics. Then do it again. I was training my swing. I wasn't training myself to hit. Everything changed when I started treating every tee swing like a real at-bat. Before every swing, I'd picture the pitcher. I'd picture the pitch I was looking for. Then I'd picture myself driving a line drive into the gap, hitting a double, or launching a home run. After every swing, I'd replay the result in my mind. The crazy part? The more I saw success in practice... The more I expected success in games. And the more confident I became. Now I teach the same thing to my youngest players... (as young as 6 years old) After every swing, I ask them: "Where did you hit it?" "Where did the ball go?" I make them tell me. Out loud. I want them to vividly describe the result. Because I don't just want them practicing their swing. I want them practicing success. Most players spend hours training their mechanics... But almost no time training what success looks like. Then when they don't get immediate results in a game, they start believing something is wrong with them. I want my players to see success hundreds of times in practice before they ever have to experience it in a game. So here's what I'd do tonight: - Take 20 swings off a tee. - Before every swing, picture the pitcher and the exact pitch you're looking for. - After every swing, ask yourself: Where did I hit it? Where did the ball go? Say the answer out loud. Make every swing feel like a real at-bat. Because here's one thing I've learned playing this game: Confidence isn't built only by what you do. It's also built by what you repeatedly see yourself doing. Thank you for reading, Jermaine Curtis P.S. If you enjoyed this and thought it was helpful, please share it. (It tells me you want more content like this.)