Is hitting mental???

I think a lot of hitting is mental.

When i was in s big slump this summer i was thinking wayyyy to much at the plate and just not giving myself a chance. When i started relaxing and just telling my self i could hit whoevers pitching, i did better.

So i think a lot of it is mental.

Everything in baseball is mental. Pitching is mental, hitting is, fielding is.

But when you try to hard (pressing) usually when your in a slump, but also when you feel like you have to prove something, it can affect your mechanics. Also, when your tense, you won't get as much as you could from your swing, from your throw, as you could if you were more relaxed.

So, is why your crushing the ball because your so relaxed and confident at the plate? Well.. it can't hurt, thats for sure! I'd say it's deffinately a big big part of it. So keep up the good WORK!

Oh yeah everything in baseball is mental. Hittimg is mental becuase you have so many things to think about in just a short amount of time. There is usually alot of pressure put on when your hitting, at least for me anyways.

90 percent of the game is half mental.

50% metal 50% phisical

heck yes hitting is mental...whenever im relaxed, nothing goes wrong in my swing, i can hit for power whatever the count...
but when im uptight, i couldn t hit water if i fell out of a boat...

I think everything in sports is mental. If you can see it and believe it you can do it. It doesn't matter what sport you play confidence and visualization will help greatly.

If you permit an "old man" to enter the discussion let me say this-- I agree with what was said above--all of baseball is mental--- lose your focus and you go nowhere--

trhit is right if you arent focused you arent gonna hit well..but sometimes you can be really focused and not hit well based on mechanics..focus and being mentally "there" are the most important things in my opinion cause without them you go nowhere.

o yea i liked the 90% of hitting is half mental.

Hitting is definetly mental. But only that your mentally relaxed. I think that mentally you know you can hit this guy. If you go up saying, "I can't catch up to this guys fastball", then your going to end up being right. Get up there ready to hit- because you can.

In my opinion of all the things in baseball that is most related to the mental state of mind hitting is at the front of the pack. You can have all the ability in the world but if you are not mentally focused and relaxed you are toast. Confident , relaxed and focused that is where you want to be. One reason you see kids slump is because it becomes a negative mental snowball effect. The same can be said of the kid that just goes on a tear and it seems no one can get him out. He is in a positive mental state entirely focused and confident. We have all seen this from both sides I am sure. Ive seen kids with average ability go on tears. And I have seen extremely talented hitters slump.

Grant, sounds like your'e what is sometimes referred to as "In The Zone",

Yea I think you guys are all right and I have been "in the zone" for a very long while now,I am playing on a fall league team and I am still pounding the ball in the gaps regularly....But hey,Ive got no complaints