How often does a player have a great game or two, then a bad game and all of a sudden it’s time to change the player’s swing? It happens all the time! Baseball is a game of failure. It happens to the best of us just about 7 out of every 10 times we step to the plate.
Deal with it! Both players and coaches need to understand that just because a player has a bad game it’s not necessarily the swing. The pitcher could have had his best stuff of the year, a hitter could have guessed wrong and missed a pitch or two they normally hit or any number of other things … OTHER THAN THE SWING! If it worked two days ago there is no reason it won’t work again. Find something that feels good, performs well and trust it on both the good days and the bad.
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I dealt with that a lot! If I had one bad game the next day my coach was trying to get me to change my swing. How do you deal with it? Coach decides who plays, it’s kind of hard not to do what he tells you to, suggestions?
Look at the big league guys…that’s what makes them so good. They make little adjustments…one of the biggest differences between pro players and amateur is how quick they can make adjustments.
What makes it even more difficult for high school and college hitters is that their seasons are so much shorter. Which is why it is even MORE important for these players to keeping working hard on what made them successful up until this point in their career and push on through their failures. A bad 2-4 weeks for a college player can have a greater impact on a season than David Ortiz’s first 3 months this year (OUCH!). But that still doesn’t mean change!