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365 Days to Better Baseball - The Challenge of Hitting Slow Pitches

365 Days to Better Baseball - The Challenge of Hitting Slow Pitches

posted on 08 Sep , 2018 in Coaches Corner by Jack Perconte

Tuesday Tips to Tattoo the Ball - Learning to Wait for a Slow Ball

Easier to Speed up than Slow Down?

If I have heard it once from my students I have heard it a thousand times, "I hate slow pitches." When I pitch to them, I often warn them, "Here comes a tough one" and then I lob the ball in, knowing how hard it is to hit the slow ones. Waiting and great mechanics are necessary for slow pitches, as much or more than for fast ones.

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Patience, Bat Speed Usually Shows Up <!-- [Just ask the Wizard] -->

Patience, Bat Speed Usually Shows Up <!-- [Just ask the Wizard] -->

posted on 05 Sep , 2018 in Coaches CornerJack's Corner by Jack Perconte

Bat speed is a funny thing

Some players have naturalathleticism and have bat speedearly in their careers. But, for many players, it develops over time. It is almost like one day it is absent, and the next day it is there. As their hitting coach,it is a thrill forme tonoticethe ball jumping off their baseball bat after years of not seeing it.

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