Whenever we hit on the field, it is more often that not a machine, which I think is even worse. Our coaches pretend to do a windup thing, then drop it in, but its not the real thing. I think that is the biggest flaw in our baseball program, is our coaches method of hitting practice. DOn't get me wrong, they are great coaches, but naturally, they spend much more of their time and energy with the Varisty team, and that hurts the JV players, even the Juniors on JV, from getting any noticeable improvement, and that is why I beleive our baseball program has struggled for many years.
I know this is a bit of a stretch for some...but Harvey Penick used to preach to his students they were only to hit 5 or 6 "Full Drivers" His theory was the muscles fatigue more quickly when asked to do repeated motion with little rest in between execution....further...ending a "shot" on a successful note or unsuccessful note are relived under pressure...just some food for thought.
