not hitting in batting practice but in the game

scouts or college care about game hitting,

The kid is a "gamer"---in all probablility he does not apply himself as well in BP as he does in a game

Lesson to be learned for all those cookie cutter hitting coaches. Only certain points of a swing needs to be in the correct position, you don't need to clone everyone.

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scouts or college care about game hitting,

Don't a lot of college scouts watch your pre-game hitting and also i know one kid and the scout drove down to throw bp one afternoon to him after school.

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Scouts/College coaches look for different things in different situations.

In BP, they look for things like bat speed and ball flight.

During games, they look for the decisions made and approach to the AB.

The bottom line is during a game you might see a kid swing five or six times. In a round of bp you can see his swing 30 40 or more times. You can throw him outside and see his approach and you can see his approach on the inside pitch as well. You can see power bat speed and his ability to hit the ball hard consistently or not. If I can see a kid hit in three or four games versus see him over a longer period of time in bp I take the bp session. If I can watch a kid over the course of an entire season Ill take that over bp. I disagree that you can not tell anything by watching bp. You can see if the kid has a sound swing and the ability to drive the ball to all fields. You can see pitch selection and power. Does it mean that a kid is an outstanding hitter if he looks good in bp. No. But from my experience the kids that can put on a show in bp most of the time are our best hitters. The vast majority of the time.